The Fixers travel to Uruapan, Baja Mexico to the Mount of Olives orphanage to build a vocational school for struggling children—adding their own artistic touches along the way. They will provide the teenage orphans the opportunity to learn practical mechanical skills, including welding, changing oil, engine maintenance, woodworking and a host of other specialties—giving them the chance to improve their future by entering the job market with a professionally honed craft.
The Fixers travel to San Diego, California to help Shelter to Soldier—an organization dedicated to adopting dogs from local shelters and pairing them with post 9/11 combat veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress (PTS). The facility is in dire need of an update—so the Fixers set out to build a brand new kennel area, “mock home” environment and a long list of other upgrades. The mission is to give the dogs and vets an adequate training area and room to develop as the organization continues to grow—and save lives…two at a time.
The Fixers travel to San Luis in Northern Nicaragua to help local charity; Waves of Hope, build a well to provide fresh water for the community. While they are on-site, they discover a small elementary school in desperate need of repair. The Fixers survey the ground, dig the well and take on the monumental task of updating the elementary school. The mission was to provide fresh water—but it became so much more.
THE FIXERS stay stateside to help out the White Mountain Apache Tribe near Fort Apache, Arizona. With guidance from their contact, Clayton Harvey—garden and greenhouse manager for the Ndee Bikiyaa (People’s Farm)—they will transform a former saddlery to a fresh produce market-enabling local farmers and the community the opportunity to sell their produce and restore their local heritage.
The Fixers travel to Lima, Peru to help Father Omar Sánchez Portillo, who runs Asociación de las Bienaventuranzas, an organization that gives abandoned special needs children and adults a home. The Fixers develop a recycling facility to help the organization generate money and promote recycling in Lima. They refurbish a granulator and create safe work spaces for the residents, who will work at the center. This mission is greater than the Fixers thought – they are giving these adults purpose.
The Fixers travel to Lima, Peru to help Father Omar Sánchez Portillo, who runs Asociación de las Bienaventuranzas, an organization that gives abandoned special needs children and adults a home. The Fixers develop a recycling facility to help the organization generate money and promote recycling in Lima. They refurbish a granulator and create safe work spaces for the residents, who will work at the center. This mission is greater than the Fixers thought – they are giving these adults purpose.
The Fixers travel to Plovdiv, Bulgaria to help One Heart Bulgaria, an organization that focuses on Bulgarian orphans, build the first horse therapy ranch in the country. The Fixers have to clear the area, erect a horse arena and enclose the space by building a sturdy fence. They will also create sensory activities and an obstacle course within the riding space for orphans of all ages.
The Fixers go to Chiang Mai, Thailand to help Global Village Connect, an organization that helps communities all over the world, build a chicken-fish farm to be a protein source for a remote elementary school in the mountains. They will dig a large pond, design a waterfall filtration system and build a bamboo chicken coop directly over the pond. As a side project, Ariel will fix the dilapidated music room. Between heavy rains and power outages, the clock is ticking to finish everything on time!
The Fixers go to Northern Haiti to help New Roots Haiti, a farm that raises livestock to creates jobs for the Haitian community. The Fixers will build a grain mill that will allow the Haitian people to sell their corn rather than purchase grain that is imported from other countries at a much higher cost. The Fixers, with an army of volunteers, will build this massive mill one bolt at a time, but with protests in the streets, and unforeseen problems with the structure, will they finish on time?
The Fixers go to Khayelitsha, South Africa, just outside of Cape Town, to assist Orchard: Africa, an organization that trains the African people how to live sustainability. The Fixers will build a training facility for community leaders to learn about the various techniques of vertical gardening to teach to the people back home. With Day Zero, a day in Cape Town where no water can be used, possibly around the corner, the Fixers urgently need to make this place ready to educate the people.