the philippines
spring break 1999
Building houses
| My dad, my brother, and I went to the Philippines primarily to help Habitat for Humanity build houses for low-income families in the small town where Dad went to college, Dumaguete City. We lent our brute labor, but the local carpenters were the ones who did almost all of the skilled work. It was an amazing, but HOT, five days. |
|
|
| Merlito and Breck making cement, one of our biggest tasks | |
The house, midway
through the
first day of our work
The almost-finished
house!
Some of the
volunteers and part
of the family in front of their new house
All photos copyright © Kristen Shuyler