Building Commences at House of Joshua

At long last, after more than two years of planning, fund-raising and applying for permits building work is properly under way on the House of Joshua site. When complete the house will provide a secure and loving home for up to 28 orphaned and abandoned children.

We have just donated £10,000 to the Lifenet Children's Foundation (the Philippines charity responsible for building and running the home) to pay for the foundations. In all the first phase of construction will cost about £40,000, of which we have raised just over half. If you would like to donate please click on the Paypal button on this site.

 Digging foundation holes by hand

 Steel reinforcing rods tie support pillars into the foundations

 Wooden scaffolding shows the size of the building 

and will support shuttering whilst the support pillars are formed

Making up the steel rebars that will form the cores of the support pillars

Concrete 'Hollow Blocks' will infill between the pillars to form the walls of the house.