Posts Tagged ‘Volunteer’

There were a lot of firsts for me with this particular GV build. It was my first time to Africa with a Habitat program. It was my first time leading a team of volunteers. It was my first time working on a chika home from the ground up. (Chika is a mud / hay mixture [...]

From the Obama Flickr pool: Look I’m famous… Hi Mom! Hi Dad! Quiet hecklers! So I don’t know what explanation to provide for the temporary blog downtime experienced over the last week. I’m just thankful I’m back in business. As for the current happenings… I have been donating some of my spare time (there is [...]

Last day – sniffle… It’s always a little sad on the last day of building. Like you could have done more, but time ran out. Sigh. Here’s the full report or something like it… Volunteer Vacation Day Seven: Last Day of Building My let’s get serious about poverty housing self-portrait… Rocky and one of the [...]

To check out the fulls grueling work details behind day six of the Global Village build proceed to the following post as found on Gadling: Volunteer Vacation Day Six: Every Hand on a Bucket. On a more personal note – today wasn’t as active as the team would have liked it to been, but we [...]

On our fifth day of building we were relocated to a third worksite. It really didn’t seem as though our services were needed. The worksite was a bit cramped and there was much downtime, but we made the most of what we could do when we were asked to something. Here’s the report as found [...]

Day three is done and out of here. Read about it here: Volunteer Vacation Day Three: More Dirt, More Mud and see about it below. Thoughts and comments very much welcomed. Shot of the second work site. Another shot of the worksite. The homeowner’s wife cooking delicious smelling food near the worksite. The team watches [...]

Okay, so I’ve blogged most ofmy trip details regarding Habitat in full on Gadling and reall y there is no need to repeat myself. With that here is the link if you wish to read the details and additional photos found right here, because I love you guys! Go to Volunteer Vacation Day Two: Making [...]

Since I’ve blogged on this day over at Gadling I’m just going to toss the details of the build your way view my post there. On the flipside I’m leaving the extra photos here. If you’d like to read about the build please foollow this link: Volunteer Vacation Day One: Shovels, Buckets, & the Pit [...]

Alas, the team finally meets up. With the exception of Fanny who is still wandering around the Fann Mountains or slowly making her way back all team members have safely arrived in Tajikistan, even though it meant undergoing some wild times on Tajik Air. In fact after hearing all the hilarious stories about the flight [...]