Our team is scheduled to go to La Tremblay Church, where we will work on structural repairs, leveling the floor, clearing out rubble, etc. La Tremblay (see map) is a small community very near Croix des Bouquets and not too far from Port-au-Prince. Our $3,500 and matching grant will all go to this project (mostly, if not completely, for labor and materials), although we may not see all of it used throughout the week. Our funds not only support the work done during our work week, but also the week before and after we're there.
We will be staying on site at La Tremblay School - right across the street from the church. We will be the first team to stay on site here so it will be an exciting, new opportunity for the community to host us! There, we will be sleeping on cots. Security, cooks, and interpreters will be provided.
I found a Rebuilding Haiti Now website with Google that shows (among other things) exactly where we'll be (La Tremblay) and there are even photos of the La Tremblay School where we'll be sleeping! Go to http://site.rebuildinghaitinow.org/projects.html and in the section of the website regarding the La Tremblay School, you can click on the line "Click here for more photos", and the link will show additional photos of "our school".
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