At this village in Bongnol, Haiti, Haiti Christian Development Project has completed 10 of 12 planned earthbag houses for earthquake refugees at the cost of $2200 each. Men of the community were hired to do the construction. Occupants will live in the houses at a low and affordable rent. Additional surrounding land has been acquired to extend the project.

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Housing Project in Bangnol Continues

Wes Walls (architect) examines the earth bag houses being constructed at Bangnol, Haiti, December 2011

The Bangnol village continues to grow. As soon as the hurricane passes house # 6 in the village all other a minute will be started.

 Last week a director of a large and well-known housing project visited. He was so impressed with the lower temperatures that he experienced inside the earthbag house. He showed pictures of the concrete block house (1 room) costing twice as much. The Bangnol visitors were asked their opinion. They preferred our earthbag house – it was larger, less expensive, cooler, and looked more Haitian. The enthusiasm was so great that he plans to return with other Haitian “witnesses” who can give “testimony” about the Bangnol acceptance to his other Haitian friends. Enthusiasm is running high, and the project continues in an encouraging way. I am most encouraged by the impact of the village on the attitude of the local people and the renewed interest in the local church that the project has helped provoke.

Pacius said that the local Voodoo “rah-rah” band has been disbanded. There seems to be a renewed spirit in the local people, and the excitement for progress in the village has never been so great.

BANGNOL VILLAGE HAITI – a project of the Projet Chretien de Developpement Haitien

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Projet Chretien de Developpement Haitien is now an official foundation in Haiti!!!!! Praise God. The “six week” project only took 1 year to complete. Our wonderful attorney really helped shepherd us through a difficult project We can now expand the microloan project, and the local overseers are working on that.

Bangnol Village are so popular! The eight workmen are sleeping in them 5 nights/week because they are much cooler than their own homes, and they can stay there and start early the next morning. With their increased effort and experience, they were able to complete the third house in a bit more than two weeks, and the fourth house is nearing completion. Pacius has been amazed that the house is much cooler than the neighbor’s houses nearby. The project has been completely affirmed by the community. Plans to complete the 12 houses are firmly underway. Hopefully, this number will expand.

Because of popular demand, the HCDP committee will begin to allow people to move in a bit sooner than they had planned. -David Smith