www.buildchangewithnaomi.com > Week 3: First days in Villamontes

Habitat team members and me on our first day
Fishing boat in the Rio Pilcomayo, Villamontes main river
Fishing boat
Kitten and church
Map of Villamontes build sites-- my neighborhood is on the top right where the red dot is!
Strategizing over breakfast
Oscar and our ancient motorcycle, it´s fun on the dirt roads!
Gabriel, the son of one of the new families, playing in the dirt near our neighborhood
Our land! Isn´t it beautiful?
Some of our neighbors, hanging out on the road to our land
A construction worker´s valentine
Checking in to see when the experienced workers are coming available
Oscar walking the motorcycle on our land!
With the mayor´s representative
Houses next to our land, representative of the living conditions for the families
More of the houses of our neighborhood
Inspectors measuring our land
A family inquiring about how to get a Habitat home
Another photo of our land, soon to be our houses!
Meeting with the families to prioritize the builds and set specific dates and targets for next week
More family members, each family will send one member to the weekly planning discussions
Nervous Naomi at 7am outside our first radio interview
One of the journalists, prepping for our interview
Adolfo, head of Habitat for this area, giving a wonderful overview of our project
Me during the interview
More photos from interview #2
After the second interview, with the journalist and Adolfo from Habitat
Adolfo prepping for interview #3
The father of the first house, deciding which direction he wants it to face.
The father of the second house
The father of the second house
Oscar putting down chalk
Nailing stakes
The first house completed!
View from the bedroom
me lugging a heavy rock!
Finished with Day 1!
Day 2 started with shooing away cows!
The wind didn´t help us much Day 2. Hopefully the lines are straight enough!
Oscar and me, tired in the afternoon on Day 2
The model of our house
Another view of the model
The blueprint of the neighborhood and parcels of land
Adolfo, one of the fathers, lugging chalk