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| Papua New Guinea April 3 - April 20, 2003 |
| Welcome to Habitat for Humanity and Global Village! Join our Global Village team as we build in Nuselang, Papua New Guinea from April 3 - April 20, 2003. |
| HFH Papua New Guinea has been in operation since 1984, working in both remote and urban areas. The Nuselang affiliate was created in 1990 and serves a total of 8 villages along the coastal area of Marobe Province. The Nuselang affiliate has built 136 houses so far. Please click Nuselang for a complete description of the people, language, and houses of this region. |
| Team Leader, Michael Steiner steiner_ms@yahoo.com Please contact me with any questions. (503)-231-6484 I am a Habitat volunteer living in Portland, Oregon. My background is primarily in architecture and construction with work in the U.S. and abroad. See the Montana 2002 Global Village web page for the great fun we had with that build! www.oocities.org/montanagv/habitat.html |
| Average house cost: $2,304 (U.S.) Due to heavy rains, houses are built on stilts to keep the house dry. The area under the house is used for storage,community gatherings and livestock. Concrete is expensive and not widely used in PNG, so wood is treated to prevent decay and termite infestation.Re-planting of timber is common practice for affiliates in their effort to maintain a sustainable harvest program. |
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