Toilet/showers

I have been having discussions with our project coordinators Pastor Lindon Carlos (Imaculada) and Social Worker Marah Danielle (Patos) to define the selection process for the next stage of the EAB/ACEV Toilet/Shower project. Our clear aim is to help the poorest of the poor and the decisions are not easy to take as clearly everyone without a toilet/shower at their house needs one! After much prayer, discussion and deliberation, based on the project team's visits to the homes at Barra de Oitis village in Diamante County, the following families were selected.

The first family selected for a toilet/shower unit at the back of their house complete with double cess-pit drainage system, overhead water tank and external sink for washing up and washing clothes is that of Marilene Tomaz de Alquino. Marilene is a 40-year-old single mother of three children aged 20, 14 and 9. They live off a government benefit of about 100 pounds a month and occasionally manage to get some work cleaning someone's house or washing someone's clothes. This work is unfortunately hard to get as most people at Barra de Oitis are very poor indeed. Please pray for Marilene and family who were sadly abandoned by their husband/father. The family, which lives in a mud and sticks house, is not committed to Christ but is being evangelized by local pastor Nezinho Abílio and others from the local EAB/ACEV church.

The second family selected for a toilet/shower unit is that of Edicledia Pereira da Silva who is 33 years old, is a single mother of 5 children aged 11, 9, 6, 5 and 6 months old from a variety of partners. Edicledia has been going to our church at Barra de Oitis for quite a long time and has made a committment to Christ since the birth of her last child. They live in a mud and sticks house off a 100 pounds a month government benefit just like Marilene does. Please pray that Edicledia will stand firm in the faith, grow in Christ and that all her children will follow the Lord.

The building materials for these two toilet/shower units will be purchased this week and delivered to the houses at Barra de Oitis from Itaporanga which is the nearest largish town.