Habitat for Humanity: Building trip #1

The first building trip that I went on with Habitat for Humanity this school year was at Eldama Ravine on the 29th of September. We will no longer be going to Mai Mahiu as all of the houses there have been built. We left from Nairobi at 5am, and arrived at the site 4 hours later. Although we were exhausted, we were all determined to work as hard as we could so that we could finish the foundation of the house, which was our task. My main task was to shovel out the dirt from the foundation after the ground had been hoed. Working directly under the sun for hours on end was definitely exhausting, and after a couple of hours of work, I noticed that my hands were covered in blisters. Everyone was in the same situation as me however, and so we all motivated each other to keep on working. At around 3pm, it was time for us to head back to ISK. We were all so happy with the work that we had done and we were more than ready to head home! This build was different from the other ones that I have been on as it was in a completely new location that seemed to be much less populated. As a result, we did not get the opportunity to interact with the local people as much as usual, but we did end up doing more work. The next trip that I will be going on will be in the second semester.

The Habitat for Humanity team!