The Kitchen — Malo a Bueno Odor (from bad to good smell)

One of the first things we do when we arrive at Casa Hogar is do a walk-through to determine our projects for the week. Our goal is to choose projects that can be accomplished in a week and that will have a big impact for the children and staff.

Almost immediately, we realized that an important project would be to fix a major plumbing issue that was in the dish room in the kitchen.

As you can see here, in an attempt to figure out the problem, the tile and concrete had been taken up. What was left was a huge hole filled with dirty water that smelled like sewage.

Here you can see Bill who joined a group of other intrepid workers to figure out how to repair the drainage pipe and clean out a blockage in the line.

We will keep you updated on the progress of this project throughout the week — the dish washers can already tell a difference in the smell in the dish room.

Another job we tackled in the kitchen area — spring cleaning in the pantry. We cleaned, sorted, tossed, and made good order in the pantry.

We all know how good cleaning out our refrigerator at home feels — we had the same feeling when we finished this big job!