MEXICO EARTHQUAKE UPDATE - OAXACA (February 2019)
CURRENT ACTIVITIES For the past month, All Hands and Hearts has been in Oaxaca, Mexico laying the groundwork to bring resilience to a community shaken by the Central Mexico earthquakes. Here’s what we have underway in Oaxaca: CELSO MUNOZ PRIMARY SCHOOL ● Volunteers prepared worksites and began rebuilding 9 rooms across three plots, including 7 classrooms, a computer lab, and an office. ● Once we excavated the building plots and compacted the soil, we poured the plantilla. The plantilla is a thin layer of blinding concrete, which will establish a solid base for subsequent concrete pours. ● With the plantilla poured, formwork and rebar are being installed to prepare for the next concrete pour. ● On base, volunteers constructed extra facilities and made base improvements to pave the way for incoming volunteers.
Volunteers wheelbarrow materials and fill forms for the first concrete pour.