We began the morning by purchasing food supplies for the village we built the houses for, quickly perspiring in the 98% humidity. After that, we made haste to reach the families and begin to finish up the houses we had been tirelessly working to build for the past two days.
Both teams made quick work, which was punctuated by frequent rock games with the village children, whom we'd all grown infinitely fond of within the short period of time. Everyone was dreading the moment we'd have to leave our small friends and we cherished each second. Lunch was a mass group of both teams and the children, laughs and food being passed around like it was nothing.
Finally, we cheered and whopped as the houses were completed. We completed a traditional house warming ceremony and eagerly handed out bags of rice, cans of food and toys for children to the entire village. It was a successful build.
We ended our day with a visit to a local school teaching English to its pupils, where we conversed with them in multiple dialects, played many games of soccer and footy, as well as learning some local word games.
Overall, we returned to the hotel sweaty, tired, exhausted, smiling and happy.
Liam F and Claire
Sounds amazing!! Well done!!
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