With the last of the 615 houses in Leveque, Haiti, set to be finished next month, the nonprofit Mission of Hope is moving on to build another village of 100 simple, quake-resistant houses. Since the Jan. 12, 2010, magnitude-7 earthquake that devastated Haiti, MOH also has built a school, a church and a community center in Leveque.
Leveque contains three-room houses, made from reinforced-concrete masonry units. The 400-sq-ft houses replace a temporary tent village. The new homes have no running water or electricity, but each has an outhouse and a yard for farming.