Habitat for Humidity
Wednesday, July 21, 2010.
For 10 fellows Wednesday morning began at 7.45 when we met at the building site somewhere in Winston-Salem. It was going to be hot and humid day as we would later learn. As soon as Joe- the coordinator from Habitat showed up the work started. With the help of a few other volunteers we were able to build our first scaffolding. As the constructions around the house were rising, I felt more and more proud of our work. After first few hours we started getting to know more about the volunteers. People came to help because they were members of a church that supported Habitat for Humanity, also because that was their way of doing community service as a apology for being caught DUI. Some of them came to gain extra credits for university application. We worked hard, met many interesting people and we managed to build a new front part of the roof. It seemed that we did so little during those 6 hours. Apparently it takes 2 years to finish a complete house! What I found really disappointing was the fact that no one was able to tell us who will live in the house once it’s finished. I really believe that people would work more effectively and would engage others if they knew that they are working for a person they know.
Aleksandra Syjud
