Philippines Houses Complete
The houses in the Philippines are done and I am back in the USA. . The families are so happy now that they have solid homes that will...
Philippines House Project
Maopai! I am in Omawas, Philippines, on the east coast of the island of Samar. An area that is in the direct path of Pacific typhoons....
MicroAid Builds a Family Compound for Betty — 2015
On the east coast of the island of Samar, an area that is in the direct path of Pacific typhoons, especially Haiyan (2013) and Ruby...
MicroAid Builds a Family Compound for Pedro — 2015
Pedro's wife abandoned the family (four girls, one boy) a few years earlier, and he was doing his best to raise and support them, along...
Super Storms in the Pacific and Around the World
Do you remember Cyclone Pam? . Of course you do. That was the Pacific “hurricane/typhoon” that devastated the islands of Vanuatu...
Good News from Myanmar
. I just got word from our partner in Myanmar that a small project that MicroAid initiated—to deliver water filters to a clinic in a...
MicroAid Provides Water Purification Systems for the Ah Lett Chaung Village Clinic — 2014
In April of 2008, the most powerful cyclone on record, plowed into the delta region of Myanmar (Burma), killing 300,000 and displacing...
Beat But Not Beaten by Myanmar (Burma)
I am back from the assessment trip in Myanmar (Burma)—re. Cyclone Nargis, 2008—just in time to wish everyone a Happy New Year. . . As...
Leaving on a Jet Plane Myanmar (Burma)
hello all: i leave for myanmar (burma) tomorrow on the next microaid international project trip. i will be helping survivors of cyclone...
Our Samoa Village Get Hired to Build Canoes!
As you recall, we did a project in Samoa (2012) where we built 16 canoes—one for each family in the village of Matafa’a—to replace those...
Finding Ways to Help in Myanmar (Burma)
Dear MicroAid supporters. I just wanted to let you know I’ve been preparing for the next MicroAid disaster recovery project in Myanmar...
Peru House Completed!
The MicroAid house for the Ormachea-Hermoza family is done! And I am back from four months in Peru. . . It was a big project for us, and...
Behind the Scenes MicroAid Support Team
As you know, I oversee MicroAid projects in the field and I hire local people, to help the economy in addition to the beneficiary family,...
Peru House Project
All in the Family (part 2) Our beneficiary family: the Ormachea-Hermozas. There are twelve who live on the site and dozens of others who...
Peru House Project All in the Family
All in the Family I know I have written mostly about the post-disaster home construction and posted pictures of foundations, columns, and...
MicroAid Builds a New Home for the Ormachea-Hermoza Family –– 2013
In the poor community of Paca Vilcanota in Urubamaba, the Ormachea-Hermoza family lost their home and possessions that took them a...
