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Retaining Wall Grant Project

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by: Elizabeth
Adventure Life has funded the building of a retaining wall in Comalapa, Guatemala. The grant project was initiated by Long Way Home and dubbed "The Great Wall of Comalapa".

I went to: Guatemala
Field where the wall will be constructeddonated tires for the wallBeginning to dig the trenchOur grant funded two local workers for the projectpacking the soilrecycled tires that would have gone to the dumpVolunteers dig the trenchThe wall begins with volunteers!setting up the next levelsPanorama of the retain wallretaining wall construction underwayin the grant project final stageslooking down on the retaining wallthe ecofriendly retaining wall made of recycled materialscarefully leveling the wallThe finished wall!

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