Mothers Without Borders

Family Resource Center

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Volunteers unload dirt at the jobsite.

Dirt and cement mixture are dumped in the pressurized hydraulic brick making machine. Bricks are turned out one at a time.

Dirt from the termite hill is hand mixed with small amounts of cement and water.

American volunteers and Zambian staff look on as the final digging for the new latrine is completed. The walls of the latrine will be lined with

cinder block bricks.

Rows of completed brick reveal the results of teamwork!

Trees planted last year by American volunteers are flourishing.

The newly completed home of the groundskeeper is a welcome site. Today it stands alone on the land but soon it will be surrounded by the

other structures that will comprise the Family Resource Center.

Termite hills dot the land. Volunteers shovel the dirt from the hill and transport it to the building site where it will become the primary

component used to make the bricks that will be used to construct the many building.

Water is trekked the short distance from the well to the worksite.

Water used to prepare the cement mixture and to water the many trees is collected from the newly completed well.

Volunteers enjoyed the very dirty task of unloading the dirt collected from the termite hill at the work site. This dirt becomes the primary

ingredient in the brick making mixture. It is free and plentiful!

When completed the Family Resource Center will include:

Primary and Secondary School for 950 childrenHealth and Medical CenterHIV/AIDS Counseling and testing CenterVocational training ComplexFamily homes for up to 200 orphansHospice HomeCommunity training centerMicro-Credit Bank and Small Business InstituteGrinding MillFarmer's MarketPig and Poultry Projects