Mixer pouring cement into the foundation slab at the construction site of the first childrens home inside

the Casa Esperanza of

Angels orphanage facility in Tanjay City, Negros Oriental province, Philippines.

PRESS RELEASE

Casa Esperanza Of Angels Mulls

Delay Of Its Orphanage Home
Construction Project
TANJAY CITY, Philippines - The management of the nonprofit charity organization Casa
Esperanza of Angels had indicated recently that the planned opening of their orphan care facility may
be postponed to 2018 due to unforeseen delays in the construction of the first childrens house
inside the facility.
The crew is now building the exterior and interior walls, as well as the bond beam to tie all the walls
and columns together. Materials for the fabrication of the roof trusses have been delivered and that
work is expected to begin soon.

As of now we are nearing one-third completion, disclosed Ronald Brown, CEAs Managing Director.
We continue to make progress on the construction of the first children's home but have not
progressed as quickly as hoped.
 We continue to make progress on the
construction of the first childrens home.
RONALD BROWN
CEA Managing Director

The area where the facility is located was inundated when the nearby Tanjay River overflowed its banks
at the height of tropical storm Sendong (international code name: Washi) in 2011. To protect against
the possibility of flooding in the future, the structures base is elevated and this feature required
depositing and compacting backfill material on the foundation. This work has resulted in a delay of
several weeks in the construction schedule.

We will not reach our targeted date for completion of the building. We expect a delay of several
weeks past the estimated time of completion, observed Mr. Brown.

The anti-flooding safety feature is not the only cause of delay. Another structure, an electrical and
water distribution center that will feed all the planned structures on the property, will also need to be
constructed before the building can become fully functional, according to Mr. Brown.

The construction crew is also adjusting to a work load that follows more strict standards conforming
to international building codes. The CEA management has decided to adopt more rigorous construc-
tion standards for the facility out of safety concerns.

Because we are building to specifications more stringent than normal construction for this region, the
 We expect a delay of several weeks
past the estimated time of completion.
RONALD BROWN
CEA Managing Director

workers are faced with tasks they have not done before, explained Mr. Brown. As a result, we have
found the pace of work delayed.
The original plan was to build two structures the first childrens home and a family cottage that will
serve as temporary residence for the Browns and administration center quickly and have the orphan-
age facility opened within the year. The management is still keen on accomplishing that although Mr.
Brown admits that a postponement of the opening date early next year, might be inevitable.
We are skeptical we can complete all the tasks necessary to become operational within the year, clari-
fied Mr. Brown, but well surely try to make that happen.
Mr. Brown remains optimistic about their prospects and sees these delays as a necessary learning curve
they can glean lessons from to be applied to subsequent construction projects lined up for the facility.

We believe that with time and training the construction crew will become more proficient in the work
which will translate into a faster pace, affirmed Mr. Brown. We hope that this "learning curve" will
help in construction of other structures later on in the project.
Private individuals and institutional donors from the United States provide the bulk of funding for
Casa Esperanza of Angels operations and projects in the Philippines.
We are amazed and grateful for the support and generosity of our donors, concluded Mr. Brown.
Our dream is big and takes considerable time to complete, but with patience and your continued sup-
port we will make Casa Esperanza of Angels a reality. We ask for your continued prayers for the pro-
ject and donations if you are able to give.

About Casa Esperanza of Angels Foundation: Casa Esperanza of Angels Foundation, Inc. is a
nonprofit organization founded by Ronald Brown with his wife Georgia Olis Brown to help protect
and care for the growing number of orphans, abused or abandoned children, and those in dire circum-
stances in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines.

Contact:
Ronald Brown, Managing Director
Casa Esperanza of Angels Foundation, Inc.
Phone: (+63) 905-1850060
Email: ronald@agapeasia.org
Website: https://www.casaesperanzaofangels.com/