On November the 16, 2011, over a year and a half since the 7.2 earthquake struck Honduras students and teachers noticed a visible change in the gradient of the floor of one of the classrooms on the second floor of Holy Family School (the Our Little Roses Ministries bilingual school on the campus of Our Little Roses). It is a wonderful school where 20 of our girls have the opportunity to learn English alongside other girls and boys from the community.
You can imagine the surprise on the student's faces when they arrived to class only to notice that the floor was beginning to sink. The teacher reported what was happening to the floor.
Immediately the director of the school removed the students from the classroom in order to make an analysis of this unexpected development.
After taking down the false ceiling, the mystery of the slanting floor was revealed. The steel beams holding up the second floor had been doubled in a wave-like form, obviously from a tremendous force which we can only attribute to the earthquake. We thought we had only suffered minor damage during the earthquake but now the real truth has been unveiled. We are still fortunate that more damage was not done.
The estimated cost of the repairs is $8,051.80. If you like to donate or assist, please contact us at olr@ourlittleroses.org.
