from the teachers....

Hi everyone
We are so very proud of our students. They are a credit to their parents and our school and the Jewish community. They worked tirelessly, in the sweltering heat, nailing down floorboards and erecting walls of a house on stilts. They didn't want to rest and simply looked for more and more to  do. We would guess that for the vast majority of our participants this was the most intensive experience they have ever had of manual labour- and they loved it! They were hard-working in the extreme. They also displayed great sensitivity, compassion and humility towards the villagers, and most especially so, when introduced to the family who were to live in this new house.

We continue tomorrow and the next day- finishing the house, planting trees and painting the two toilet blocks (in two different villages) that were built due to the fund-raising efforts of the kids prior to the trip. We saw the nearly-finished toilet blocks today. These are the very first toilets to be built in either village. Each will be shared by four families.

Warmest of regards
Frances and Rhys