The homes in the community of Union Victoria are very simple... made of cement block... no inside doors. Metal front and back doors... most have boards across the windows. Couldn't get pics of other homes... so, I took pics of Becky and Aaron's home so you could see... They have put translucent tin over the windows to let more light in during the day.
The pic that has Dad and Becky walking up a hill shows the outside of their house on the left. Their stove is outside. Their bathroom/Latrine is not as advanced as the one pictured. Theirs is just a hole in the ground with a shelter around it. The one that is pictured at least has the bottom part of a toilet in it.
The picture of Paulina and Flora is taken in their kitchen at their kitchen table. Their kitchen is a separate building with tin roof and wood walls that you can see between the slats of wood and a dirt floor! It also only has one light in it, so that at night it is very dark.
You can see a weaving that Becky is learning to do in the corner of one of the pics. She said the ladies couldn't understand her color choice, but those are the colors she likes... so she chose them. They typically use greens, reds, purples, and browns. Weaving is not an easy thing to do... and setting it up to get started looks even harder.... like most things the success of the weaving is dependant on gettting it set up correctly.
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