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Between yesterday and today, the houses have been pieced together rapidly. Lots of hard work, painting and sawing have brought the group two standing houses. Everyone is experimenting with different ways to help out; whether it be playing with the kids, roofing or […]
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Making A House A Home
Published by March 10th, 2010 in FB, Mexico, Student Zone, Other Sites and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsDominican Republic is an amazing country and it is full of many kind and gentle people. Primarily there are two cultures that live there: Dominicans and Haitians. It is estimated that there are over 500,000 Haitians that live in Dominican Republic and of those, many are stateless, without proper identification papers or birth registry. They […]
...continue readingChristmas Sale! - “one” books for $15 each
Published by December 4th, 2009 in School of Leadership, Other Sites, Mainpage and Uncategorized. Closed
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A Day of LOVE, HOPE, and CHANGE
Published by October 21st, 2009 in FB, School of Leadership, Student Zone and Uncategorized. ClosedWhen I walked through the gates into the senior citizens home for the second time, I looked around for a man that I had only met once but had made an impact on my heart forever. His name was Leo and just like everybody in this world, he had a unique story. Leo had a […]
...continue readingAs the jam-packed open air truck rolled onto the gravel roads of the garbage dump, a man in the military uniform stood up from his chair and made his way slowly over to us. The whole bus immediately knew something was up as we came to a halt. The atmosphere became tense as the air […]
...continue readingWe have a roof and windows! Our house is now well on the way. The bano is officially up and running! We vowed to never have a Canadian taco again now that we have tasted real Mexican tacos!
After browsing through the biggest candy store we have ever seen, we ended off with an evening filled […]
...continue readingFour days of Reality…
Published by April 20th, 2009 in School of Leadership, Student Zone and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsA few weeks ago, we Nikki and I (Tara) spent four days living as a Mexican family in a cardboard shack. We worked for eight hours a day, six am to three pm, with two ten minute breaks and an hour for lunch. We were paid 100 pesos each day to provide everything we needed, […]
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Published by March 23rd, 2009 in Participant Blogs, Mexico, Student Zone and Uncategorized. 0 Comments Our house is going so well Karemeos, we are such a great team!
Since being on the house build, we have had lots of help from the father of our family, Jesus (pronounced Hey-Zeus). You can tell that he desperately wants to provide everything for his wife and kids. the other day some of us […]
Mexico - The beginnings of a house
Published by March 3rd, 2009 in Mexico and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsThe first day on the job site is always full of energy and awe. Yesterday, with a group of ten students, everything was framed and sheeted. Today they will be raising the house and putting the roof on!
Photo Above - building a roof panel
Photo Above - Painting the Bano!
Photo Above - The cutting crew. […]
...continue readingJust wanted you to know about Christmas Mexico Hero Holiday ‘Roadblock’ that happened today(Wednesday, December 17th)…We were so incredibly excited and were down to 12 hours, 15 minutes, and 10 seconds left to go when we got a call from the people who we are renting the bus from…they had just found out that […]
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