HEALING 2 THE NATIONS INTERNATIONAL
Ask of Me, and I will make the nations your inheritance. (Ps 2:8)
OUR BAMAKO HEADQUARTERS
Building #4 - The future workshops & businesses will serve as dorms and classrooms for our elementary school until the main building is built. With another $26,000 or 21.000€ we can finish it. If you'd like to contribute, please mark your donation with "building fund".
THE PROPERTY
Property Facts:
Located in Yirimadio, on the edge of the capital, on the road leading out of town to the east and north.
A poor neighborhood, without electricity, sewage system or city water.
A small hill to its very north, the ground is very rocky.
Size: 3020 sq.m. or 32,500 sq.ft. or 0.75 acres
Description:
2nd floor: School
3rd floor: Dorms for children
Well and watertower were completed in July 07, and after a five-week break because of lack of funds, work on the wall around the property was continued and completed in the beginning of Oct 07. The first house went up, and though unfinished, we moved into it on February 4th, 08. After a 6-week work stop for lack of finances, work was picked up again to finish our house which was completed in April 08. Work on the dining hall started immediately with the goal of having our services inside during rainy season, having another family move in, and allowing street children to spend the night on our property in safety. On June 11, 08, construction stopped for lack of funds, but was being picked up again in the last half of July to proceed for another two months. In August the roof was put up, and in September most doors and windows were put in. On September 12, 2008, the street kids started spending the night inside. After a pause, construction slowly started progressing again as funds were coming in one dollar at the time. In January 2009 the walls were plastered, and in June we were able to put the lights and fans in. In August we received the funds to finish the house. The first week of September the tiles were laid, and the bricks were ready for house #3 for the walls to come up. In September 2009 they were working on the foundation and walls for house #3 (number 1 on plan below). In October the dining hall was painted inside and out and finally finished. Construction on house #3 stopped end of September 2009, and after a 7-month-break was picked up again in April 2010. By the middle of May they finished raising the walls all the way up to roof level, and in June they finished the roof. Then they added the little room on top of the roof, and finished that part in the middle of July. Now we have to do the wiring and plumbing. At the end of January 2011 we continued working on the space between the first two houses and finished it in the beginning of February. From February to April 2011 we worked on the add-on apartment on top of the dining hall, and finished it the first week of May. Once it was done, the workers immediately continued work on the third house that had remained untouched for 9 months and worked until the end of June when money ran out again. In October work picked up again, finishing the electric installments and laying tiles. In November one guest room and one bathroom was finished to the point that it could be used by our visiting pastor. A month later - a week before Christmas 2011 - Claudia moved into the unfinished house.
Work only continued when Claudia and her husband of just over a year were caught in their burning house, which meant a lot of repairs and finally saw the house completed in May 2016, thanks to an outpouring of love and support from God's people.
THE BUILDINGS