Greetings from Ft. Liberte! The team has been working hard in the heat this week digging and pouring concrete for the newly designed footers for the orphanage.
After the earthquake on January 12th we felt the responsibility to build the safest structure possible in the event of a future earthquake.
After having the blueprints examined by a structural engineer the footers have been enlarged from 2 ft wide and 12 inches deep to 5 ft. wide & 16 inches deep, with double the steel reinforcement. We believe that this will be the strongest building in Ft. Liberte when it is completed!
Tomorrow evening we will have pictures from a food distribution for earthquake victims and families.
(The newly designed footers. You can see the original footers under the steel.)
(Our new cement mixer which has been a huge help!)
(Demolition has started on the original orphanage building)
**FFL would like to thank the structural engineer from Knoxville, TN for donating his time and examining our building plans**
