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the only way to carry heavy objects
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go Team Pedro!
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pounding corn into shima
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Nosta and Felixmina
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celebrating two new houses
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Felixmina expresses her gratitude through song
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Nosta and family celebrate
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dedication of Felixmina´s house
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more singing and dancing
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Felixmina literally does a happy dance
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celebration and song
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I love this pic ´cuz it shows off Nosta´s guns
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Lisa and Felixmina at the dedication ceremony
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Kristin and one of the neighborhood ladies
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dedication festivities
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the "Habitat song"
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the "Habitat song"
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the "Habitat song"
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the "Habitat song"
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dedication of Nosta´s house
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celebrating the new house
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there´s that song again
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Alvaro and Felixmina
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Nosta´s family poses in front of their new house
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shima and veggies, typical lunchtime fare
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lurrrrrve these tiny pineapples!
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ground corn about to be turned into shima
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Chipenhe village
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Chipenhe village
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housing for a rabbit? guinea pig?
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low-rent version of the local game
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broccolicious!
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wish I had papayas growing in my backyard
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looks a little like my garden, but a whole lot sandier
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Nosta´s neighbors
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daily exercise of getting the van unstuck
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all that New England snowstorm experience pays off
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Chipenhe village
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choppin´ wood
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doing the dishes is a universal chore
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latrine adventures
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men´s and ladies´ rooms
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not as bad as I expected
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daily commute
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no Zappos in Chipenhe
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free-range chickawwwwwns
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a rare elderly denizen
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cassava root
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Lacye learns some gardening skeelz
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schooling the visitors
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no corn this year due to severe drought
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visiting another Habitat beneficiary
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Cesar tells their story
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the kids are cute all over Chipenhe
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at the well
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George works it
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Lacye does too
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another neighborhood
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house number 2000
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denizens of House 2000
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this kid´s English was better than ours
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it´s a parade!
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another old house
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and the new house
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this woman got a new house AND a pump
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love the foliage
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one of Nosta´s neighbors
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traveling salesmen
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they did not expect to be on candid camera
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a little after-lunch chillin´ with Nosta and Juliao
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opening ceremony
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the start of a week of singing
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and dancing!
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Stef and Felixmina
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Peg and Nosta
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Lisa, Sonia, and Mama Ida
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Nosta and family: Juliao, Sheila, Celeste, Eclipson
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Mama Ida welcomes the group
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Master Mason Pedro and his team
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Juliao, Nosta´s youngest
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build site helper
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Sheila is NOT eating masa for lunch
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Sheila and friend
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Eclipson and friend
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Eclipson and friends
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hangin´ out, like ya do
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boys will be boys
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introducing oktapodi to some new friends
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oktapodi is always popular with the ladies
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oktapodi, Habitat's newest ambassador
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Phil the fearless photog
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oktapodi making some new friends
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evvvverybody wants a turn
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oh the places oktpodi has been!
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oktaposse
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chikani chikani!
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boys and oktapodi n the hood
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mysteries of the cephalopod
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hammin' it up
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hammin´ it up
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Sheila, Nosta's younger daughter
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lil dudes
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Sheila and friend
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Eclipson in front of the new house
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boys will definitely be boys
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gangsta style
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Nosta's front yard
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day one, grrrrreat success!
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grrlz n the hood
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Nosta's neighbors
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Sheila
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Eclipson
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Celeste, Nosta´s oldest, joins the party
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could not get enough pics of this cutie
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not quite sure what Sara was art directing here
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but I dutifully took a pic anyway
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kind of a weird scene
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feet as art
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OK are we done yet?
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Inger sets up another group shot
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hey, that's me!
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fun with technology
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my turn!
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another neighborhood cutie
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'scuse me, your tag's sticking out
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Felixmina's son Alvaro
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Alvaro in the old house
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Kristin takes a book break
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A is for Apple
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more worksite helpers
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fun with umbrellas
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sharp objects are fun to play with!
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eventually Juliao warmed up to us
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he still preferred to stay close to mom, tho
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Nosta and Juliao
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diggin a hole to China
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gotta keep haulin' sand
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more sand for the floor
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nice work, team!
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pound it out
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most ingenious use of soda cans, ever
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drawing time
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drawing is serious business
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view from the van every morning/eve
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I never got this kid´s name but he was my snarky fave
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Nosta and Juliao work on their new house
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mas masa!
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mini Fat Albert
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bath time!
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sudsy goodness
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Juliao, a man about town
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the neighborhood
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cephaloposse
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cephalopod posse
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rockin' it oktapodi-style
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how YOU doin?
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adorbs
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love deez guyz
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oktapodi makes everyone smile
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"hey, he matches your shirt!"
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say cheeeeeese! (or chikani!)
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no censorship allowed!
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Eclipson and oktapodi
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more boyz n the hood
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I know it's getting repetitive, can't help myself
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oktapodi's new girlfriend
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fighting to get a piece of the action
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every morning kids would run after our van
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did you get my good side?
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geez, can't a man get a little privacy?
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Sheila and Celeste fetch us more water
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hours and hours of fun
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another ingenious vehicular toy
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George art directs the shoot
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mah boyz
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Juliao wants to make masa
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helping Sara make decorations for the house
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paper chains for Nosta's kids
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Mark makes drawings for the kids
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Inger shows some pics from home
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E is for Elephante
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showing off the new art
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G is for Giraffe
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Sara blows bubbles
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Celeste and Sheila
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Sheila shows 'em how it's done
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bubblicious!
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bubbletastic
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art show
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Juliao travels in style
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Mark makes more art
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Alvaro is a shutterbug in training
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new friends
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|
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photo by Alvaro
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|
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more drawings!
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Lacye and Eclipson
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Lacye with Eclipson and Sheila
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and there's Celeste in the background
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diva in training
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random cute kid
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|
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just one more photo!
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|
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everyone loves their Mark Schramm original artwork
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|
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peektapodi
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Alvaro and oktapodi
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almost didn't get oktapodi back from this one
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definitely a diva in training
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another adorable princess
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Sheila <3
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Eclipson <3
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past beneficiaries of Habitat builds
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Chipenhe dance party!
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neighborhood cutie
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everyone loves to have their pic taken
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Mark perfects his masa-flinging technique
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|
 |
the starting point
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progress by midday
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so many cinderblocks, so little time
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walls up by the end of Day 1
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not bad for a day´s work
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Sean and Pedro set the roof beams
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rebar into roof beams
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setting the struts to pour the roof beams
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Sean gets to work on the scaffolding with the masons
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house by the end of Day 2
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setting blocks on a scaffolding in Africa, like ya do
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Lacye and Hanine pour the floor
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too bad Team Pedro never has any fun
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ready for the roof, by the end of Day 3
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masons place the doorjambs
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Manuel prepares the doorway
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smoothing out the interior walls
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house exterior by midday of Day 4
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check out those smooth walls!
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spackelizing the exterior
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Sean and Sergio finish the roof
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decorating Felixmina´s house
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old house, new house
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|
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decorating Nosta´s house
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Nosta´s house, ready for dedication ceremony
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blessing Nosta´s house
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the community blesses the house
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Sara lights a candle
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and then it becomes masa, to put between cinderblocks
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|
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Clara knows her masa
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|
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village kids dig sand to turn into masa
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|
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it starts with sand
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moving heavy wheelbarrows takes a village
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|
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Sara slaps on the masa like a champ
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fling it!
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stirred not shaken
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add in the perfect amount of cement
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mix the gigantic pile of sand and cement
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|
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outhouse and duckhouse in the background
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|
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spackelize!
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crank the spackelizer
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spackeling up the outside of the house
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Hanine and Sean spackelize
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pouring masa into the spackelizer
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|
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Mark gets the top of the house
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|
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Pedro hates his job
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|
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Manuel has the touch
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Sonia works while Sean & George supervise
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|
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stack that masa
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|
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Sonia and Sean on the scaffold
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oh that´s what a float is!
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Mark saws the cinderblocks for the roof
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|
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Mark and George haul sand
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|
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the crew works inside Nosta´s house
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|
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Mark flings masa
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|
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look at that technique
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|
 |
masa-tripping
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|
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dedication ceremony
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|
 |
schweatybeasts
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|
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look ma, we built a house! In Africa!
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|
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Sonia works the masa (photo by Phil Lampron)
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|
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mmmmmman we worked hard this week (photo by Phil Lampron)
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|
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carrying supplies in on the first day
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|
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Nosta rests in front of her kitchen
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the whole neighborhood pitches in
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|
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the worksite
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|
 |
starting to work from the scaffolding
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|
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Pedro knows his stuff
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|
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maaasaaaaaa!
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|
 |
view of the yard from inside the house
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|
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view of the neighborhood from inside the house
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|
 |
crack in a can
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|
 |
awaiting our next instructions
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|
 |
who doesn´t love a big ol´ sand pit?
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|
 |
let´s make some sandcastles!
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|
 |
let´s MacGyver us a ramp!
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|
 |
gooooooo team!
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|
 |
ready?
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|
 |
set?
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|
 |
goooooo!
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|
 |
filling the floor with sand
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|
 |
helpful kids
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|
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everybody pitches in
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|
 |
low-five
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|
 |
high-five
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|
 |
finest flops in town
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|
 |
Fuller Brush salesmen?
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|
 |
team flinging
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|
 |
my favorite kid (best smirk)
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|
 |
future mason in training
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|
 |
chikhani chikhani!
Keywords: Xai-Xai
|
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"yay, new housie!"
Keywords: Xai-Xai
|
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Felixmina and Alvaro
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|
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time to celebrate!
Keywords: Xai-Xai
|
 |
huzzah for Habitat!
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|
 |
lighting a candle in the new house
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|
 |
the community comes together
Keywords: Xai-Xai
|
 |
we did it!
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|
 |
George never has any fun
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|
 |
classic Giorgio
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|
 |
a bit too much day
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|
 |
are you tawkintaME?
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|
 |
Hanine captures a worksite scene
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|
 |
Hanine snaps another brilliant photo
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|
 |
grrrrrrlpower!
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|
 |
go team!
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|
 |
heyyyyyy!
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|
 |
crossing the finish line together
Keywords: Xai-Xai
|
 |
Inger builds a sandcastle
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|
 |
got sand?
Keywords: Xai-Xai
|
 |
howYOUdoin?
Keywords: Xai-Xai
|
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Ingerrific
Keywords: Xai-Xai
|
 |
in yer face
Keywords: Xai-Xai
|
 |
f'reals
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|
 |
Inger shares some photos from home
Keywords: Xai-Xai
|
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Sheila is excited about her new house
Keywords: Xai-Xai
|
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Nosta and Felismina celebrate their new homes
Keywords: Xai-Xai
|
 |
some new Moz boyfriends
Keywords: Xai-Xai
|
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Team Pedro works hard and plays hard
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|
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oh, the places oktapodi will go!
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our Habitat team and families
Keywords: Xai-Xai
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