New Construction Worker

Orphan Relief and Rescue has always taken great pride in our construction teams. Some guys have been working with us since our first project at Fatu's started back in 2006. As new members are added, they learn skills that are essential to the building trades but are often overlooked here--like how to keep walls level and square, amongst other things.

As our new home construction for Salome continues, the new guys on the jobsite are learning skills that will make them better builders and also help them to get more, higher-paying work later in their careers as well. This jobsite is a little different, though. For the first time, OR&R is employing a female construction worker. Jenneh Flomo started on the jobsite a few weeks ago, hauling water to be mixed with cement for the foundation. In between loads she was always observing how the masons were working. Before long she was learning the proportions of sand, cement, and rock to mix for the footings. Jenneh works just as hard or harder than the men on the jobsite, and we are all excited to help her learn a new trade.