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  • Chris ConnorsViaggiatoreVolunteer Trip April 2023

    Paint Day

    25 aprile 2023, Sud Africa ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    Bagwash, Painting and Sealing day today. Plus doing all those little jobs that need doing.
    We arrive not to early this morning and the team have a little present for one of the builders helpers a pair of boots. A huge smile on his face when he got them. Thank you Geoff (Papa Smurf)
    Debs and I have a huge list of things to get through about an hour and a half journey away. So we borrow the builders vehicle and away we go. Leaving the volunteers on Nkosie safe hands.
    Todo
    Pick up one beds
    Pick up two mattresses
    Buy two food parcels
    Buy bush knife 🔪
    Buy axe 🪓
    Buy one rake
    Buy one hoe
    Buy phone
    Drop of shoe at Mndiwa school
    Pick up curtains for house builds
    Buy curtains poles
    Buy Nails for plaque
    Drop of mattress at Lindani
    Drop of mattress at Anelle
    Drop of.............
    Think I best stop there...lol
    After 4hrs of running around job done. Then we got a phone call from Nkosie to say the team had finish just has we pulled into the build.
    Tired but happy volunteers.
    Last task of the day. Thank you to Carshalton Football Academy for donating two of their foot kits to two local teams here in KZN South Africa. Most teens don't show emotion, but these lads you made their day, month, year. 👍🏽    Leggi altro

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  • Chris ConnorsViaggiatoreVolunteer Trip April 2023

    Bits and Bobs day

    26 aprile 2023, Sud Africa ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    A chilled start today.
    We make our way to the site with the van loaded with the curtains, teddies, hula hoops, lady sanitary packs and the blanket for Anelle from Debs.
    Everyday as we drive into the house build I greet the old gentleman. He always stands and thanks me for the house.
    I do a quick look around of the site we are nearly there, we just have the windows to cleaned and the floor needs to be screeded. This is not a job the Volunteers can do. So I make the decision to leave the site after we have done the windows and return for the last day in the morning.
    We travel down to Anelle house and Debs puts a blanket made by Eileen on his bed with a little note. (Spreading her Love)
    Next stop to pick up Lindani bag so I can travel back to the UK with it for him then he can bring another one.
    Then we go to Hluhluwe Build it for Debs PJ's that she left in Bayete. Maxwell hands them over in a neatly wrapped box.
    We then make our way to a little local restaurant called Weavers which gives the volunteers also some time to purchase a few gifts in there little shop.
    Next stop shopping for the the local Spar shop to buy all the supplies for the party 🎉 for the children from the children's home and everyone else I seem to of invited.....lol
    I invite them and Debs just keeps adding them to the list....😂
    We arrive back to the Lodge in time for Nkosie 👑 🐘 to take Jane out for a run 🏃🏾‍♀️ whilst everyone else jumps into the shower and gets ready for dinner to arrive this evening a rice dish from Mai a local lady that has done an amazing task of feeding us all week in the evening.
    It's the one thing I love when we sit down in the evening around the table and the team chit-a-chatter about the days events.    Leggi altro

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  • Chris ConnorsViaggiatoreVolunteer Trip April 2023

    Party time

    27 aprile 2023, Sud Africa ⋅ 🌬 30 °C

    The floor has been completed and we make our way down to complete the house with the curtains, beds, solar panel and the sign. Thank you Eileen for putting the curtains up. (Everyone needs an Eileen)
    I always have mixed feels when we complete a house. The family that we have built the house for have made new friends with the volunteers and has we all line up for that final photo you can see how proud the volunteers are and how humble the family are. We drive away with a few silent tears been shed and as I look in the rear view mirror the all the members of the family have a big smile on there faces.
    We return back to the Lodge with no time to spare in order to get ready for the party and the children coming. I drop the volunteers of and Nkosie starts the Braai and as I drive up to the children's home to pick the kids up.
    Dropping them of at the Lodge the kids look a little lost. But Muma Debs soon starts playing games with them and the music goes on then the rest of the children come. Nkosie and Eileen cook all the meat 🥩 so happy children and happy volunteers.
    Even Ruth and Papa Smurf get up and have bop.
    The hi light of the day was seeing the 5 boys that grew up in the 1st Children's home reunited. Such joy has they all sat together sharing their meat...lol
    The day ends with us having our last meal at Eat a local restaurant, shattered.    Leggi altro

  • Chris ConnorsViaggiatoreVolunteer Trip April 2023

    Home time

    28 aprile 2023, Sud Africa ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    That last day when you woke up and open your eyes, Is never the greatest feeling in the world. The volunteers had mainly packed the night before has did I. It's just a matter of putting the last few things into the hold-all.
    Then we are of home. Where's home I ask myself    Leggi altro

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