Mrs. Ranney-Poole

The Chonco community has made substantial changes since partnering with HEIFER.  With the assistance of Gloria, this village has built a road for easier access to the main city.  Cement houses are being built to replace the wooden dwellings.  A lethal insect dwells in the roofs of the older buildings, the metal roofs of the new buildings will eliminate the threat.  This is a fairly new project that is still in the developing stages.

View a letter from Tim and Gloria Wheeler reflecting on their work in this village

http://www.pcusa.org/missionconnections/letters/wheelert/wheelert_0705.htm

Video of Chonco woman grinding corn with donated grinder

http://mrsranneypoole.com/womangrindingcorn.mpg

Old home where the families still dwell

New homes being built, each house costs $1500 in materials

HEIFER and partner programs provided this village with housing material and training.  The bricks are made by the river and are dried.  The bricks are hauled by hand over a half-mile up a steep mountain to the building sites.  Men must also haul mortar on their backs up the mountain.  The houses are not finished as of yet, the families are still living in the older wood dwellings.

Making bricks one-by-one by the river

Men hauling mortar up the mountain