Build a house in the Garbage Dump.
Day 3 — Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 — More concrete and blocks.
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Not enough U-shaped blocks, so we had to make 'em. Very frustrating because every other one broke on the last cut. |

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If a saw doesn't work, maybe a drill will. |

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Laying yet another course of blocks. |

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Nice view from the roof. |

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Another view from the roof. |

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Some extra supervisors. |

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Yet another batch of concrete mortar. |

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Fancy flowered tool bag was courtesy of Marcy Johnson. |

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An open air bath in the midst of the construction. |

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Not happy about getting clean. |

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Our girl Aury carries some blocks to the site... |

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...and helps make more concrete. |

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Cutting angle blocks for the slanted roof. |

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Juan Carlos was our 19-year-old mason and job foreman. |

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And yet some more concrete mortar. |

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A new operation! Mixing and applying waterproofing stucco. |

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Homeward bound. |

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Show truck. |

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Looking for the best stuff before it gets to the dump. |

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