The remainder will be built in a new town incorporating residents from six rural villages that were demolished by an overflowing river. However, more families are feeling the effects of flooding this year. It's rough for people to be in tents or cardboard huts, but they know that within a matter of months, they'll have a home. But all the leveling, clearing, digging, cement mixing and hauling is done by the families who receive homes. The agency also sent a technician from South Africa, where the machine originates, to help train local people to use it.
Food remains a problem.
The missionaries have been working with the Women and Community Association and the Antonio Valdivieso Ecumenical Center to distribute food to about 10,000 people. Because enough food was sent in September, she said, residents in San Francisco Libre were able to survive the 32 days that they were cut off from land transportation this fall because of the rains.