Recovery

The Rebuilding has began! I have tried and tried to get this post online sooner but everytime have failed to do so because of our lack of internet. So I want to quickly to an update on what has been happening post flood here in Ouaga. Alot of relief aid has been given and people are beginning their to build again. Right now the government is setting up 'tent camps' or more like refugee camps for all those with out homes. Pray as these are places that people will live for years, in unsanitary conditons, waiting for the government to build them new homes.

Though rebuilding has began many if not most who lost their homes are still without, seeking help wherever they can find it.

The CMA gave 1 million cfa to help out the flood victims and to supply immediate aid.

We have also been doing many distributions at our Chruches and schools, giving away rice, clothes, mats, and blankets.

Then we drove out to Sector 30, where many families were staying to distribute the rice, mats, coverts, and clothes as well.

Being out here so often the kids are not only familiar faces but they become your friends.

The next week the national CMA church here gave 1 trailor, 2 trucks, 1 van, and 1 very large truck full of stuff to the Prime Minister to the flood victims. Total we gave 1,600 pots (or potty's), 1,000 toothbrushes, which have made Burkina National television 3 times, 250 mats, 10 bags of clothes, 1 bag of shoes, 1,500 blankets, 36,000 cans of deworming medicine and 10 tons of food.

We gave 10 tons of rice and corn. And at 220lbs. a bag it was quite the job trying to get it all off the truck and into this supply magasin. They are storing all the food in this magasin for now because the U.S. government gave enough food for the first 2 weeks after the flood and then they will use this supply, which was more than this picture will show.

After watching the guys carry a 220lb. sack on their head with no hands and joking that I could do it too, i surprised them all with my 50 lb. sack, at this moment a round of applause broke out. 50 lbs. may not seem like alot, but let me tell you our necks are not made to support it on our heads, I can still feel pain in my should from doing this.

Even pete helped out!

This guy cut our unpacking time in half.