Concrete water tanks

Steve and I spent the day helping (and mostly watching) our friend Uriel and his brother-in-law build a concrete water tank, called a pila. The materials were donated by CIEETS, the people need to donate their own labor. And hard work it is! Steve helped carry many concrete blocks down the hillside. The weigh between 80 and 100 lbs each. Notice there are no machines to help with the mixing. everything is done by hand.

Here is Uriel´s wife and their 7 month old daughter Belen. Isn´t she adorable?!

This is their kitchen. It is located outside their house, on the side. Most houses here have their kitchen inside the house, but it creates a lot of smoke. But we don´t know how she cooks in the rain.