{"id":1815,"date":"2009-08-04T08:24:45","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T08:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/?p=1815"},"modified":"2012-08-07T10:47:16","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T10:47:16","slug":"homes-for-mukuni-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2009\/homes-for-mukuni-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Houses for Mukuni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My sons, Mike and David have volunteered to go to <a title=\"Zambia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/about\/why-zambia\/\">Zambia<\/a> to build homes for <a title=\"Mukuni\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/our-work\/mukuni\/\">Mukuni<\/a>, but first they have to raise the funds for the materials. They will work with the local builders, in temperatures reaching 35 degrees to provide at least one home for a widow and orphans during their stay.\u00a0The cost per house is \u00a3400 to build a sturdy, substantial structure with a concrete floor and they will also\u00a0include the mattresses.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3491\/3788303972_338b6c9896.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>A dwelling in Mukuni Village<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Accomodation, in remote\u00a0communities such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/our-work\/mukuni-village\/\">Mukuni Village<\/a>, is primitive. A mud-hut dwelling for most, three huts for the\u00a0more prosperous\u00a0families &#8211; one a sleeping quarter for men, the other for women\u00a0and young children and one for the kitchen. Sadly there are thousands of widows and orphans who have no\u00a0income to repair or build new homes. The thatching, which should be done every five years, becomes neglected causing leaks during the rainy season, holes\u00a0appear creating drafts\u00a0in the winter months when the temperatures drop to below 4 degrees.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"reflect\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2517\/3788299312_cc10ae81fa.jpg\" alt=\"CNV00010 by you.\" width=\"475\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Homes for Mukuni:<\/em><\/strong> <em>A new house built by The Butterfly Tree<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mike and David are appealing for everyone to donate just <strong>\u00a33<\/strong>, the cost of one less pint of beer on a Saturday night! All the money will be used for the project, no deductions will be made. The result &#8211;\u00a0secure, spacious and comfortable accommodation for a vulnerable family, which will last for many years. To make a donation Mike has created\u00a0a page, &#8216;The Kayes get Physcial&#8217;,\u00a0on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/TheKayesGetPhysical\/\">Just Giving<\/a>; alternatively you can make a <a title=\"Donations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/get-involved\/online-donations\/\">donation<\/a> on The Butterfly Tree website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My sons, Mike and David have volunteered to go to Zambia to build homes for Mukuni, but first they have to raise the funds for the materials. They will work with the local builders, in temperatures reaching 35 degrees to<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2009\/homes-for-mukuni-2\/\"> More details ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[74,86],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7101,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1815\/revisions\/7101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}