- Happy House Children’s Shelter
Provides shelter, education and support for orphaned children
PROJECT SCOPE: Demolished existing make-shift animal shelter and built a new shelter using chain-link fencing and covered with corrugated metal. Replaced roof on toilet with new corrugated metal roofing. Installed water supply lines from well to the toilets and also ran new water lines to the house. Repaired existing water catchment system; repaired two concrete stairs; repaired wood siding so water would no longer come in the building; painted interior of second floor and exterior front and back of building. Repaired rolling steel gate so that it would close properly.
The Seabees repair the wood siding prior to painting the exterior of the building
Typical missing step before
Typical missing step after repair work is completed
Animal shelter and bathrooms before
Fenced-in, covered, animal shelter and remodeled bathrooms after
Bathroom roof before
New bathroom roof
Seabee working on the damaged front gate
Rolling front gate after repairs
New water distribution lines were run to the bathrooms, the kitchen, and other areas
PERSONNEL: 12 Seabees and ROYAL Australian ARMY engineers from the Mercy; 15 Japanese volunteers from the Kunisaki; 20 civilian and military Volunteers from the mercy
DURATION: 16 jun 2010 – 21 JUN 2010
MAN-DAYS EXPENDED: 128
