Saturday, January 14, 2017

 We visited an orphanage that was founded by Andy Jones, and is called Africa Heartwood Project. Their site is around 1.5 hours from where we live and is about 45 minutes down a dirt road. Rural. The project began in Ghana at a refugee camp for Liberians. They have since moved to Liberia and have cared for orphans from conflicts and ebola.
Currently the whole family is living on site for 9 months (coming from Utah). No running water or air conditioning; they are troopers! They recently built this little home as an experiment for future buildings. It is ferro-cement construction.






Group pic




When we first arrived we all gathered together and the children sang some traditional songs. Here are the drummers!
The singing, songs, and drumming were really nice, and special!












Some of the kids, before singing.
Some of the girls with their new dresses on!

More information can be found at AfricaHeartwoodProject.org
They sponsor projects, and sell drums, other musical instruments, and games

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