House of Joshua The Final Push

Just yesterday we got the architect's costings for the fourth, and final, stage of construction at the House of Joshua. At almost 1.4 million Philippine pesos (£20,000) it is about £6000 more than we were expecting. We were a little disappointed but with the costings came photos of the roof trusses now being formed and the access road under construction; so we were not overly  discouraged.
And then this evening, completely out of the blue, Horringer Court Community Church in Bury St Edmunds decided to give us another £5,000 towards the project. In addition they are holding a series of fund raising events over the next few months specifically for the House of Joshua.
We are nearly there, and with the substantial number of orphans from the floods in December urgently needing a new home, we just need to give this one last push.

 Access road almost finished and electricity supply pole

Metal roof trusses being fabricated on site

End view showing roof trusses February 2012

Artists impression - what it should look like when finished

Thanks For Flood Donations

We have been amazed by the generosity of our supporters who have donated more than £7000 for emergency relief for flood victims in Cagayan De Oro City enabling us to fund a feeding program, provide basic domestic equipment such as cooking utensils, cutlery and sleeping mats as well as purchase some building materials for repairing houses.
In addition readers of the Bury Free Press newspaper article in Bury St Edmunds Suffolk have donated over a quarter of a tonne of sheets, blankets and tinned food for shipment to families in need.
Thank you to everyone who has made all this possible.
Our main priority now is to complete the House of Joshua Children's Home to provide accommodation for some of the hundreds of flood orphans.
The access road has been built and with electricity now connected to the site work has commenced on fabricating the welded steel roof trusses.
About £14,000 more is needed to get the house ready for habitation.

House of Joshua November 2011 - work is now proceeding to construct the roof