Elikia Village Project
Elikia Village
eMiC Project 10005

September 19 - 29, 2008

Contact
Kevin Wiens
phone:(403) 202-3642
kwiens@emicanada.org

Team Needs
- Architect - for design of initial phase buildings
- Urban Planner/Landscape Architect - for site master planning and site design
- Surveyor - for topographical site survey
- Civil Engineer - for water/waste water and grading design
- Structural Engineer - for structural design of buildings
- Electrical Engineer - for power investigation, site distribution and electrical layout for proposed buildings
- Draftsman - to document preliminary design and produce construction documents
- Project Management - to document construction cost analysis, construction phasing and document critical path analysis for the redevelopment plans for this existing facility

Project Scope
Orphans and widows are the forgotten ones, and there are thousands of orphans in Kinshasa alone. The Elikia Village project hopes to introduce a new family model into the care of these poorest of the poor. They also hope to affect the surrounding community with its school and medical clinic.

The heart and soul of this project is to rebuild families after decades of conflict and war, to put orphans in families and to see lives grow and prosper with hope and a future.

The project is to build children's villages in the Congo, giving hope and a future to the thousands of children left orphaned by AIDS and war.

The Elikia Village project has purchased land big enough for a small village and plans to construct individual houses that will be home for a selected widow or destitute Congolese woman and six to eight orphans. These will become their "families for life" bringing security, love, and above all hope.

Aside from the homes, there will also be a school, medical clinic and community centre to help facilitate development and education. By giving a hand up and laying the village foundation, the goal is to see the Elikia Village become self sustaining. With the right tools and inspiration this is very possible.

Check out the the Elikia Village Project Website and see an Elikia Village Project Virtual 360 of the site of the future village.

Join the eMi team to help touch the lives of the lonely and forgotten in Congo, rebuilding families and giving them hope for the future.

Cost
approximately $3800