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The goal is to not only build but to train young local people for them to master this building technique.

I am a middle school teacher who has invested many years into the formation of this home-building idea that is so beneficial to our community, and now manifestation is near.

The home intended uses a technique called “SuperAdobe or Earthbag Construction” of very low material costs, it uses 90% recycled and natural materials, in fact, most of the structural walls are made from the local soil found on site.

Your donations will fund a good salary for the construction workers, even though I will be teaching them a new building method, I believe they should still be paid for their work.

Involving young people is the biggest priority. They will highly benefit from learning these new construction methods. With the experience of completing the construction of the house, they will thereafter have the skills and knowledge to replace, (in most cases) their poorly constructed family homes, with strong hurricane and earthquake-proof, ecological, and sustainable options.

Constructers will also learn about installing solar panels, electrical wiring, plumbing, and gray water recycling.

Once the house is constructed I plan to live in it with the purpose to offer free consultations to local people on how they can build houses like this for themselves. In time, and with more funds we will run onsite free workshops about ecological and sustainable building.

I could request for people to work for free as they are learning an important skill, or even charge them for the training some companies do in the USA, but in Mexico, I will attract people who need these skills, people that without a livable wage would not be able to make it.

That you are supporting our educational cause is greatly appreciated. You are helping people of low income that can become skilled in something very important. This project will enable them to improve their lives and their community.

Baja California Sur is a hot and dry desert area of Mexico. Many low-income families, who work in service industries, and construction labor. They do not have enough income to be able to finance the construction of their own family homes. Many live in small wooden shacks, the size of a large garden shed, with no electricity or running water so they must buy water from water trucks.

The Earth Bag construction home is very strong, proven to be earthquake and hurricane-proof.

Hurricanes are common in Baja California Sur and often completely destroy these communities, washing away their few possessions. If these local people have the skills to build Earthbag homes, which have a very low material cost, they would have a home that will last hundreds of years. Teaching them how to make and maintain gray water filtration systems, will enable them to save the water they buy from water trucks and reuse a lot of the water they currently lose.

THE METHOD

“Earth Bag Construction” uses recycled sacks that previously held seeds of grain used in many of the local farms, these bags are made from polyurethane. These bags are filled with the damp local soil which has a 5% clay content, and laid on a circle of up to 6 meters diameter, and pounded or tramped so that the soil is compacted, each layer or course of bags inlaid as you would traditional brick or blocks.

In between each course, bared wire is run to add tensile strength. Once the height reaches 2 meters the circle courses gradually become smaller forming a sloping roof. Windows and doors are added during the construction process. All electric wiring and plumbing are installed as you would in normal house construction.

Once the building is completed I will teach the workers how to install solar electricity and plumbing. The pluming will drain the black toilet water to a septic tank which when full can be used as a plant fertilizer, the gray water from washbasins, kitchen sinks, and showers will drain to a gray water tank.

Before reaching the gray water tank the gray water will flow through sand and organic filters which I will teach the workers how to construct out of local free materials, and how to make a surface skimmer to skim the surface of the gray water to remove any oils or residue detergents. The filtered gray water can be used to flush toilets, and water plants, but would not be suitable for drinking, but this will still massively reduce the amount of water consumption.

I am eternally grateful for this opportunity to give back, and I thank you for your support in any way in advance.

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Hello, My name Sanvano. Speaking truthfully, I have done some imprudent things which I am not proud of. I used my father’s debit card to do such imprudenct acts without thinking ahead about the consequences of such act and without my father’s approval and I went pass the limit I intended. I’m very sorry and ashamed of this and I have taken the courage to admit the truth and a promise to never do this again, a promise I do not intend to break. And now that I have to pay all that I have spent. So I ask that whom ever is reading this to look pass my recklessness and help me out with a donation of  $3,500 paypal. Thank you in advance.

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I have never done something like this, so please forgive me if I am all over the place… Where should I begin?! 5 years ago, I started having pretty bad migraines, to the point I could not function during the day. Light, sounds, air, everything intensified it. I went to the doctor and they told me they were just migraines and kept trying different meds to try and help. They didn’t. I learned to live with them. Fast forward to the end of 2019…I was (finally) diagnosed with something other than just a “headache,” a “small” pituitary adenoma. Did radiation, chemo, and more pills than I know what to do with! Then Covid hit. Lost my job and thankfully was able to collect unemployment for a little while. But the bills, especially medical and rent piled up! To about $25,000. About to be kicked out of our house, lose my car, and all that fun stuff.

My daughter just graduated a year early and was accepted to her dream school. But did not qualify for assistance. Apparently I make too much, but not sure how that is even possible when I am just trying to get by…Her first year will be almost $60,000! and I don’t have the heart to tell her she can’t go.

I know you don’t know me, my story isn’t especially heartbreaking, but I don’t know what else to do. My goal is $75,000 to completely get us out of this awful, deep hole, start over fresh, and send my baby off and not have her worry.

Thank you for listening. Have a blessed day.

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Hello to anyone is reading, I hope you are doing well. My name is Cody Markham, I am writing this as a last resort. For the past few years now, honestly since I can remember I have been struggling heavily with my mental health and the problems in my life have made it extremely hard to be happy. Since I was very young I wanted to break free from my family name and become successful. I try very hard to stay motivated and I am extremely goal oriented. If you’d like to read  some of my backstory hear you go, growing up my parents had a very rough ongoing relationship, there was a lot of fighting, neglect and negativity constantly around my siblings and I. My parents both lost there jobs when I was still an adolescent. They fell heavily into drug abuse and my siblings and I witnessed a lot of it. They split apart when I was about 11, my older sisters had already left home and it was my little sisters and I. We bounced back and fourth between family for a long time but never had a steady placement. My teenage years were quite rough taking care of my young sisters while my parents were not home much. After years of my mother being on the street and getting her life back together after losing us to DHS she got an apartment in Bangor Maine and I was very proud of her. We went to live with her in a another 1 bedroom apartment as we have done before and again all of our lives came crashing down as my mother fell into addiction again, we were evicted from our apartment, we stayed in a motel for a few nights while my mother claimed time after time we would be alright. She fell unconscious and was unresponsive  on the bathroom floor which led me to call 911 and tell them that my mother was unconscious and barley breathing. That night changed my sisters and my life completely, soon after we were placed in foster care and we have been residing here for almost four months now. As for my mental health I have many people and support in my life trying to help me overcome my depression, anxiety, PTSD and insomnia. I constantly struggle with beating myself up because I can not make money. I applied for many jobs and actually got hired to a gas station not to far down the road but was not able to start working because I don’t have a bank account nor did I have my social security number. I wish that the thought of getting and having money wasn’t always on my mind but It would help so much, I would finally be able to treat my loved ones with a good time, go to the movies, an amusement park, travel, go to museums. And most of all I would be able to see them more often, I only get to see my friends, family, and a very important girl in my life maybe once a month due to transportation issues, I am three hours away from everyone I have built a relationship with over the course of my life. My main goal for very long has been to go to college, get a high paying job, and a car so I wouldn’t have to rely on anyone else for transportation. I want to do well with my life so so much but it is hard to see my life getting better and reaching my goals. I wrote much more than I expected to write, so if you made it to this point in my writing, thank you. Even the smallest donation would be greatly appreciated and it will very well be spent on something that will contribute to not only my own but my loves ones happiness. Again thank you.

I just turned 55, I have been working many different jobs all my life. My last job I got injured on and had to file for workers comp. The settlement I received  was used to pay off some bills, catch up on my car payment ( barely made a dent, still owe 12K. But I used most of to help my niece with her down payment on a house. SO instead of following my own dream, I chose to help out loved ones. My passion is photography and writing, but I have always had to work other jobs to keep and income in, and I have enjoyed most of them! But what Id really like to do is travel and shoot and write. ( I have many started novels)

Im still not working, I still have some physical limits since I cant get treatment, I am learning to mediate and use and over matter to heal. I am applying for work however, and not collecting unemployment.

So I am currently living in a small room inside my nieces home that I helped her pay for. I am not paying her rent or utilities. I do all the cleaning, and cooking however. Along with the gardening, trash, and taking care of her dogs. I am constantly busy with this house.

I would really lie to have my own space again and not rely on others , I believe I could do this with an RV or camper, and I could travel, take photos and write to my hearts content. There are seasonal positions at RV camps, and resorts but you need an RV or Camper to have a place to stay. I’m willing to let my car “go” if I could get one and travel for a living and not burden family with me staying with them. They need to move n with their own lives and not have to take care of me. I know they would say ” you are not a burden:” but it doesn’t change this little bit of guilt I feel. I also feel guilty for not doing more for them. but then I regret not following through with what I wanted to do. I want to follow my dreams while I still can. There is no money to be had in the family as everyone is struggling and working their butts off to keep their families fed and clothed. I would love nothing more than to give them millions of dollars so I can go and live free without worry.  My son tells me ” Mom, now is the time to do for yourself!” I want to, and I’ve been asking the universe to guide me to how to get to that point!

SO really all I’m asking for help is prayers, wishes, guides, ideas, or help with a donated camper, RV. Blessing and much love!