
updates from the field
Casa De Alfredo y Ashley
Rudolph Steiner
This 8th grade class spent their first day removing wooden molds to reveal the previous group’s cement work. On their second day at the worksite, they began building new wooden molds for the second room of the house!

St. Stephens St. Agnes School
This 8th grade class spent two days mixing and pour cement into the wooden molds to create the walls the rooms!

Meridian Academy
Meridian Students spent 3 days working on Ashely and Alfredo’s house! They continued to build the mold for the final height of the walls!

Compass Montessori School
Compass Montessori High School students had a variety of jobs to complete. They mixed and poured cement to finish the first level of the walls, then began building them higher. They worked on the rebar and molds to bring the walls to their final height.

Glen Urquhart School
Picking up where the last group left off, Glen Urquhart’s 8th grade students spent 2 full days mixing and pouring cement. The floors to the house are almost complete!

Vermont State University Trio SSS Johnson Group
This university group had a lot of work to complete in just two days on the worksite! They started by pickaxing the ground, then flattened it with a tamper until it was ready for rebar to be set and tied. Once the foundation was prepared, they began mixing and pouring cement, creating the floor for one of the rooms of the house

The Manitou School
The group took on the important task of building a retaining wall between the house and the land behind it. They also worked hard to organize and clear the ground, preparing it for the next group to begin leveling it for the floor

Sandy Springs Friends School
The senior class began constructing the interior walls. Building on the previous group’s work on the floor, they were able to start raising the walls right away. On their first day, they focused on assembling the wooden molds and carefully placing the rebar. By the second day, they were ready to mix and pour cement into the molds—bringing the project one step closer to completion!

Riverdale Country School
Riverdale’s 8th grade class spent two days preparing a section of the floor. They worked hard breaking up the surface with pickaxes, leveling it out, and pouring fresh cement. Here is Antonia, Ashely, and Alfredo’s daughter, enjoying the results of their work!

Peak to Peak Charter School
With the molds and rebar ready from the previous group, it was time to mix and pour cement! Peak to Peak students worked hard to fill the molds, and the first phase of the walls are now up!

Lancaster Country Day School
With the foundation set and the cement poured, Lancaster 8th grade students began building the walls of the house by tying rebar and creating wooden molds.

Montessori Community School
Picking up where the last group left off, the 8th graders from Montessori Community School jumped right in! Their task was to mix and pour cement into the foundation.

Synergy School
With the foundation dug out, it was time to begin creating the bones of the house. Synergy 8th grade students worked carefully to tie rebar, laying the structural framework that will support the wall molds. Their attention to detail in this early stage is critical to ensuring the strength and stability of the new addition.

Hyla School
Starting a project is often the hardest part. This one begins with digging out the foundation for the new structure. We are starting from scratch behind the home’s existing foundation, with the goal of eventually connecting the new structure to the original house.
Hyla students took on the important first step, working together to dig out the foundation and

Cathedral School
Stay Involved
Global Works funds essential building materials like wood, rebar, cement, and tools for these projects. However, once a home is complete, families receive no additional support from the government or Global Works. To make their homes fully functional, they must purchase windows, doors, plaster, and paint—expenses that can take years to afford in a low-income community. To help bridge this gap, our program director is working with community members to collect and distribute donations, ensuring these houses truly feel like home