Photos

Dust, lumber, and joy

Scenes from recent build trips. Click any photo to view it full size.

The faces of Tecate

The families and kids we build alongside. They are the whole point.

A Tecate woman smiling
A girl in a pink fur-trimmed hood smiling
A woman in a red Ensenada sweatshirt carrying bricks
A joyful toddler reaching toward the camera
A boy holding a wrapped gift with his village behind him
Two girls mixing green paint
A brother and sister standing together
A girl smiling in front of stacked lumber
A mother and son overcome with emotion at their home dedication
A young boy in a plaid shirt
Kids sharing fruit on the build site
A toddler in a yellow hood holding a banana

Past trips

June 2026

Volunteers waving in front of a pink home
Kids helping paint panels pink
Kids giving thumbs up at a green home
A young volunteer hammering against the sky
Volunteers raising a framed wall together
Laying a brick paver patio
Two builders celebrating with arms raised

Winter 2025

A framing crew at work in golden morning light
Volunteers carrying trim boards across the site
Volunteers and family gathered at a finished blue home
The crew walking a dusty Tecate road
A boy in a lucha libre mask with a smiling volunteer
A family looking out the window of their mural-painted home
A family and volunteers at the door of a new blue home
Two volunteers celebrating in front of an orange home
A framed home under a blue tarp roof
Children celebrating with balloons at a home dedication
An orange home nearly finished
A volunteer helping a boy drive a screw

Summer 2025

A family mural painted on a blue home
The crew gathered at a red home
The build site from the hillside above
Local kids sharing snacks
A new bunk bed with a teddy bear waiting
A summer build crew at a blue home
A painted red gable wall going up
A volunteer and a boy in a straw hat
A boy enjoying watermelon on the site
A family and volunteers inside their finished home
Kids painting a family mural
Two volunteers hugging at day's end

June 2024

A volunteer walking a dusty road into the hills
Volunteers at work on an orange home
Kids gathered under roofing panels for shade
The whole crew at a finished blue home
Volunteers and family at an orange home with a cross
Two young volunteers on the build site
A framing crew waving from the build
The crew at a freshly framed wall

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