Habitat build

April 12, 2011 at 2:47 pm Leave a comment

Here is a report on the BIS Habitat For Humanity Project Build held during the recent term break from Grade 11 student Shanandra Suyanto

12 BIS students from grade 10-12 in the Habitat For Humanity group had the opportunity to volunteer and help build simple and decent home on the first weekend of the term 3 breaks, 1st-3rd of April with ibu Linda and Mr Smith as our supervisors and the local coordinator Claretta from “Habitat for Humanity” organization.
We used funds that we have raised for building materials and to build the foundation of a house for Nengah Suandra and Luh Nuriani in Pancasari area near Gitgit village. At the moment Nengah lives in a small room with his two children at his brother’s house. Habitat for Humanity believes that simple, decent shelter is a basic human right and helps break the cycle of poverty.
We learned new skills such as bending wires and mixing cement and we were having a pleasurable weekend and practicing the IB student’s profiles in a real life. Although we had to start working at 8 am to 4 pm but it was fun and we practiced to be more caring and risk-taking and overall we had a splendid weekend. Join our Habitat For Humanity group to be able to experience this!