Katie Murray from Youghal is one of  3 girls who went out to Fr. John Keane’s mission in Ecuador last June. Kate sent in these photographs to www.youghalonline.com to show the work that Fr. John is doing and describes the conditions of the houses she saw in Ecuador.

They are mostly all made from cane and once the rainy season comes they can often get damaged or destroyed by the rain. They are all very small and very temporary and are very  overcrowded. More than 5 people per house usually and sometimes with two families. The photos ‘ecudaor 030′ ‘ecuador 031′ and ‘ecuador 032′ are photos of the church that Fr John built over there. It is now finished but that is the stage it was at back in June 2009.  One of the photos shows Kate and Fr. John with 3 of the local men who were working in the church.

The rest of the photos then show the typical cane houses there and dust and dirt roads. there were very few tarmacadam roads there. There is also a photo of the interior of a school that is made from cane also. It kept getting broken into when we were over there because obviously the cane is not very secure.
Click on image to see more of Katie’s photos during her trip to Fr. John Keane’s mission in Ecuador