The original well dried up due to a prolonged drought in the area. An attempt to deepen the well was made but could only manage to go several feet. Water did come out, but not sufficient to irrigate, let alone to fill up the future pool.

Goal: To provide water for the soccer field, the bathroom building and other green areas

Location area: Next to the soccer field

Steps to complete project:

• Contract a new drilling company
• Select the new location to drill
• Start to drill

Goal: Provide a place where children can play on traditional playground equipment with swings, slides, hanging bridges, etc.

Location area: Next to the sand volleyball area

Steps to complete project:

• Level ground
• Cement posts
  
• Construct the playground area
  
• Buy new equipment (swings, slide, etc.)

Goal: Provide stationary group games for children and teens

Location area: Next to girl’s dorm

Steps to complete project:

• Level ground
• Prepare area to install games
• Installation of solar lighting system
• Installation of shade system
• Add games like “spikeball”, “gagaball”, “nine squares in the air”, “human foosball”, etc.

Goal: To provide adequate housing for the staff during the time that they are ministering at the camp. The staff housing would include 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, a kitchen and a dining area in the 2nd and 3rd floor.

Location area: Main building (above current kitchen)

Steps to complete project:

• Remove current roof and replace with steal frame to be the base for the second floor (Area to build the staff housing is 16×50 feet)
• Construct stairways
• Build outside walls and inside divisions
• Place new roof
• Install doors and windows
• Build 4 bathrooms inside the 4 bedrooms (New lighting system, water pipes, drains, etc.)

Goal: To provide an overflow room for extra staff or guests.

Location area: Behind the soccer field

Steps to complete project:

• Build metal frame for walls
• Build metal trusses to support roof Install roof
• Build steps and ramp
• Hang doors
• Install electrical system
• Install siding
• Build a bathroom

Goal: Move current parking area (next to the main building) to the front of the boy’s dorm.

Location area: Main building area

Steps to complete project:

• Level ground
• Prepare ground for gravel
• Add gravel to the parking area
• Add solar lighting system
• Add shade system

Goal: To have a green zone right outside the main building with adequate seating area (this also includes swings) to do follow up counseling sessions after meetings.

Location area: Next to main building

Steps to complete project:

• Prepare ground for the new green zone
• Add soil and plant seed in zone next to the main building
• Add irrigation system for the new green zone
• Add stairs and walkways
• Add swings
• Add solar lighting system

Goal: Build and observation deck facing the soccer field and mountains, creating a seating area for meetings, devotions, meals, etc.

Location area: Main building

Steps to complete project:

• Cementing steel posts
• Construction of a steel frame (10×100 feet / 3x30meters)
• Placement of deck material
• Add stairs and lighting system

Goal: Utilize the high ceiling to create a second floor above the current dining area (50×50 feet / 15×15 meters). This would give us another large meeting area, a game room and a control room for the first floor.

Location area: Main building

Steps to complete project:

• Cementing of metal posts
• Construction of metal frame to support 2nd level
• Install floor on 2nd level
• Build divisions on floor of 2nd level
• Insulate roof
• Add windows and doors
• Build new bathrooms on the 2nd level
• Installation of a lighting system

Goal: To provide an outdoor covered cement pad to carry on different programs and activities.

Location area: Back of the soccer field

Steps to complete project:

• Level ground
• Prepare the ground for the pouring of cement
• Pour cement floor
• Prepare footings for steal frame roof
• Install roof
• Installation of a lighting system

Goal: Adequate housing for campers.

Location area: Current boys’ dorm

Steps to complete project:

• Replace doors (10) and windows (10) on first level
• Relocate current divisions on first level
• Add new electrical system on the first and 2nd level
• Remodel the current bathrooms for wheelchair accessibility
• Install new siding on first level
• Construct stairways
• Remove roof
• Build second level floor (steel frame)
• Construction of outside walls and inside divisions.
• Build rooms and bathrooms
• Installation of windows and doors
• Construction of bunk beds

Goal: To create an outside eating area near the main building area.

Location area: Near the main building

Steps to complete project:

• Install posts for hanging lights and shades
• Construct gabion walls (with benches incorporated into the wall) to establish a perimeter
• Installation of sinks
• Construct permanent serving tables

Goal: To construct a place where food can be grilled outside to alleviate the kitchen in their meal preparations

Location area: Near the main building

Steps to complete project:

• Cement metal posts
• Construct a metal grill
• Construct a roof with a chimney
• Add electrical and water lines
• Add a sink

Goal: To recuperate our soccer field that once was green and now is brown or without grass.

Location area: Near the main building

Steps to complete project:

• Give a finishing touch to the underground water storage to be used
• Install a new pump for irrigation
• Install underground lines made of better material for the irrigation system
• Purchase new water sprinklers with their correspondent flexible elbow
• Add new soil to the soccer field

Goal: To fill the sand volleyball court with the appropriate sand.

Location area: Sand volleyball court

Steps to complete project:

• Purchase right type of the sand
• Spread out the sand

Goal: Create a seating area to have devotions as a cabin or simply a relaxed place for conversations.

Location area: Various places around the camp

Steps to complete project:

• Build wood seating benches
• Build and install metal frame to hold the wood benches
• Hang wood seating benches

Goal: To add a variety of obstacles to work through as a cabin. This is a vital part of our program; it promotes teamwork and reveals character traits.

Location area: Behind the boy’s cabin

Steps to complete project:

• Gather materials
• Build and install obstacles

Goal: To provide some green areas near the existing buildings.

Location area: Near buildings

Steps to complete project:

• Preparation of the land
• Installation of a sprinkler system
• Seeding of grass
• Building of paths
• Planting of flowers, bushes and trees

Goal: Create a chapel area next to the main building where a small group can meet. Currently the camp church plant group is in need of a bigger place to meet. This would serve not only for the church plant, but also as a new meeting room for the camp ministry. 

Location area: Next to main building

Steps to complete project:

• Pouring the foundations.
• Extend existing roof.
• Build exterior walls.
• Setting up plumbing & electrical.
• Build bathrooms.
• Build loft.
• Adding insulation, drywall & ceilings.
• Installing fixtures.
• Installing flooring.
• Buy equipment and furniture.

The church in Carmelo has hired labor to remove the old roof of the church and replace it with a new one. When the roof is finished, they will be ready for the next phase of the building process, which is having skilled workers come to help with drywall, plumbing, electrical, tiling and painting.

The Carmelo missionary team is aiming to schedule work teams to begin in August or September of 2022 and beyond.

The goal is to build a game-friendly outdoor area for kids as well as a covered soccer field with wire netting and lights.

This project includes demolition of existing walls to enlarge the auditorium space, along with the construction of two bathrooms, two Sunday school rooms and a foyer for reception.