How would you like to live in this neighbourhood? Would you trade?Tin shacks that have dirt floors or bits of concrete; which become unbearably hot in the summer; 
or 8 x 10 foot bunkhouses that house entire families are so close together you can hear everything that is said or happens on the entire street; 
or 8 x 10 foot bunkhouses that house entire families are so close together you can hear everything that is said or happens on the entire street; having to walk carefully barefoot through the alleys trying to avoid the rivers of black (sewage) water; 
having no running water or toilets inside and cramped quarters where there is just enough room for a couple of beds and a few meagre belongings. Unfortunately due to the high rate of unemployment for cane cutters and labourers combined with the lack of education, this is the life most of the people in Los Algodones have known. 
Prostitution and Aids run rampant with approximately 30 % of the adults tested as HIV positive or having contracted the disease.
having no running water or toilets inside and cramped quarters where there is just enough room for a couple of beds and a few meagre belongings. Unfortunately due to the high rate of unemployment for cane cutters and labourers combined with the lack of education, this is the life most of the people in Los Algodones have known. Prostitution and Aids run rampant with approximately 30 % of the adults tested as HIV positive or having contracted the disease. 
But things are happening and lives are changing…….for the better. Since the fall of 2007, the Samaritan Foundation, with the help of many sponsors first provided running water to the village and then started to build a new community right next door called villa Esperanza. The school, 
church 
and medical clinic have been built and are in daily operation.
Now the focus has shifted to building homes for the poor. It is our hope that each of the 220 families living in Los Algodones will eventually receive a simple, 2 bedroom, cinder block house with a bathroom inside. 
Thirty two homes have been sponsored so far, and the first 15 families had packed up their belongings and moved into their new homes last week.
church and medical clinic have been built and are in daily operation. Now the focus has shifted to building homes for the poor. It is our hope that each of the 220 families living in Los Algodones will eventually receive a simple, 2 bedroom, cinder block house with a bathroom inside. Thirty two homes have been sponsored so far, and the first 15 families had packed up their belongings and moved into their new homes last week. What a difference has been made in their lives. 
The families have been asked to abide by a Christian code of conduct with respect to themselves and others in which no behaviour detrimental to the community will be tolerated. The sale of alcohol & lottery tickets, nightclubs and acts of prostitution have been banned and will be enforced by the local “junta de vecino” (town council). The end result is to create a community that will respect and care for each other and glorify God in the process.
The families have been asked to abide by a Christian code of conduct with respect to themselves and others in which no behaviour detrimental to the community will be tolerated. The sale of alcohol & lottery tickets, nightclubs and acts of prostitution have been banned and will be enforced by the local “junta de vecino” (town council). The end result is to create a community that will respect and care for each other and glorify God in the process.
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