Community Center Building Project

Progress in Pictures

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MORE HOUSING - Building #3

We need more housing to take in more children and have room for more staff. With $34,600 we can finish this needed building. Please mark your donation - whether big or small - with "building fund". Go to the DONATION page for details.

Image: June 12, 2011


Well and watertower were completed in July 07, and after a five-week break because of lack of funds, work on the wall around the property was continued and completed in the beginning of Oct 07. The first house went up, and though unfinished, we moved into it on February 4th, 08. After a 6-week work stop for lack of finances, work was picked up again to finish our house which was completed in April 08. Work on the dining hall started immediately with the goal of having our services inside during rainy season, having another family move in, and allowing street children to spend the night on our property in safety. On June 11, 08, construction stopped for lack of funds, but was being picked up again in the last half of July to proceed for another two months. In August the roof was put up, and in September most doors and windows were put in. On September 12, 2008, the street kids started spending the night inside. After a pause, construction slowly started progressing again as funds were coming in one dollar at the time. In January 2009 the walls were plastered, and in June we were able to put the lights and fans in. In August we received the funds to finish the house. The first week of September the tiles were laid, and the bricks were ready for house #3 for the walls to come up. In September 2009 they were working on the foundation and walls for house #3 (number 1 on plan below). In October the dining hall was painted inside and out and finally finished. Construction on house #3 stopped end of September 2009, and after a 7-month-break was picked up again in April 2010. By the middle of May they finished raising the walls all the way up to roof level, and in June they finished the roof. Then they added the little room on top of the roof, and finished that part in the middle of July. Now we have to do the wiring and plumbing. At the end of January 2011 we continued working on the space between the first two houses and finished it in the beginning of February. From February to April 2011 we worked on the add-on apartment on top of the dining hall, and finished it the first week of May. Once it was done, the workers immediately continued work on the third house that had remained untouched for 9 months and worked until the end of June when money ran out again.
(updated Aug 7)

Watch as the houses go up on the compound.

 

Pray for our construction manager Kossi in Mali (on the left, his work team below) who is responsible for building our base.

Property Facts:

Located in Yirimadio, on the edge of the capital, on the road leading out of town to the east and north.

A poor neighborhood, without electricity, sewage system or city water.

A small hill to its very north, the ground is very rocky.

Size: 3020 sq.m. or 32,500 sq.ft. or 0.75 acres

Description:

1 Duplex for staff
2 Dining hall
3 Director's house
4 Carpenter
5 Tailor
6 Store
7 Bakery
8 Internet Café
9 Restaurant
10 Medical center with pharmacy
11 1st floor: Meeting hall & offices
   2nd floor: School
   3rd floor: Dorms for children

BUILT - June 2007-Oct 2009

Well & Water Tower 32,000 USD 23,000 EUR
Wall around Property (254m) 22,000 USD 15.700 EUR
Staff Housing - look at plan
watch construction: front - side/back
56,000 USD 38.400 EUR
Solar Power System 72,000 USD 53.000 EUR
Dining Hall - look at plan
watch construction: front/inside - side/back
48,500 USD 34.000 EUR
Dining Hall Add-on (apartment) 11,000 USD   9.000 EUR

 

BEING BUILT NOW – Sep 2009-Nov 2011

More Housing - look at plan   70,000 USD   49.200 EUR provided: 24.600 EUR

 

YET TO BE BUILT – Nov 2011-Nov 2013

Leveling of Ground
  50,000 USD
  36.100 EUR
provided: 3.800 EUR
Shops & workshops
170,000 USD
113.300 EUR
 
First floor (offices, auditorium) - look at plan
413,000 USD
275.000 EUR
 
Second floor (school)
263,000 USD
175.000 EUR
 
Third floor (dorms)
335,000 USD
223.000 EUR
 

 

Start: June 2007
Finish: Nov 2017

Estimated costs: $1.540,000 or €1,043.500

 

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