Day One

First of all I just want to apologise for the lack of photo's at the present time, for some reason it is taking approx 15 minuets to upload one photo. More photo's to come........

The team we up and ready to leave the accommodation at 0800 this morning after having a hearty breakfast, everyone was very excited and very keen to get on the road.

I had so many thoughts running through my head this morning, is i did not know what to expect. It took approximately 20 minuets to get to the site and when we arrived i had to have a minuet on the bus because it really hit home what we were here to do. I saw Princess coming out of her house with a big smile on her face a had to shed a tear. Princess is the lady we are building the house for.

Looking at the site we could see where Princes currently lives and next to it was the site in which the new house was going to be build. Some builders had already prepared the site by completing the foundations and the slab and also the first two courses of blocks.

Once all the site safety checks were completed by Sam and the H4H host (Aamon) we were allowed onto the site where we were introduced to princess. She showed us her home and as the introductions were being made the H4H host pointed out to me a grave in the garden where her sister was buried, she passed away last August. My heart sunk and i felt a lump in my throat, my eyes filled up and i had to go and have another minuet. The area in which Princess lives is so peaceful and there are homes dotted all over the hillside. Princesses neighbour must live about 30 meters away.

Once the introductions were completed we were given out first jobs to do which were to move the blocks from one part of the site to another and the easiest was to do that was to do a human chain. The next job was to mix Dagga (Motar).

We all got stuck in with these jobs but mixing the dagga was the hardest job all day. We then helped the builders to build a couple of courses and ensured the dagga kept flowing............

We had to carry blocks from A to B, shoveling sand and cement, carrying water, erect scaffolding while at the same time meeting and interacting with Princess, her family and the local children who were fascinated with us.

Today the team worked so well together. The communication was good, the morale was excellent and i feel that the team had bonded fantastically. Everyone's individual characters began to shine and i was very proud that the team openly and actively supported each other without any interventions from staff.

Sala Gashle ( Stay Well)