The gate at the new Upendo Village site—May 2007.

Water is struck at the permanent Upendo Village site, after digging over 220 meters through volcanic rock. What a celebration time!

The water tower provides water supply to the compound.

Upendo Village Clinic building begins to go up—January 2007.

Sister Agnes admires the progress at the clinic building site at Upendo Village—January 2007.

Sister Florence at clinic construction site at Upendo Village in January 2007.

Clinic construction proceeds at Upendo Village—January 2007—with multipurpose building on the left.

Multipurpose building construction being inspected by Sr. Agnes February 2007.

Multipurpose building (left) being readied for its opening, with the staff house (center-background) and clinic (right) also seen—April 2007.

Entrance to the Upendo Village Clinic.

The courtyard at the center of the clinic building.

Cooking outdoors demonstrates how urgently the kitchen and dining hall are needed. Donations to the Upendo Village capital campaign will help make this a reality.

The Upendo Village staff house is presently under construction.

Multipurpose building three days before moving services to the new site—April 2007.

The back of the multipurpose building (right) and the staff house (left) just prior to moving into the multipurpose building—April 2007.

Multipurpose building (left) being readied for its opening, with the staff house (center-background) and clinic (right) also seen—April 2007.

Sister Florence speaks with one of the social workers at Upendo Village while clients and their children meet in the newly opened Multipurpose building—April 2007.

Clients learn soap-making as a microeconomics project which will help them to become self-sufficient. The multipurpose building is already meeting multiple needs at the new Upendo Village site—April 2007.

Completed Multipurpose building—May 2007.