Getting to Bangalore
I took the first flight from New Delhi to Bangalore, India to meet up with my team from Habitat for Humanity. Most of the group arrived the night before so when my uncle, Adesh, offered to pick me up from the airport, I jumped at the opportunity. I hadn't seen him in over [...]
Dear Gentle Readers:
I am currently in Bangalore, India on a Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Build. It looks like it will be a great learning experience for me and the group seems like a fun one. I will be posting shorter updates this week because our days are filled with the volunteer work and other activities. [...]
After the conference, I took the train from Glasgow, Scotland to London, England. It was a five hour journey so I had some time to be alone with my thoughts. My mind was swirling from the conversations, lectures and discussions that happened at the conference. The Global food crisis. Human rights violations. Escalating violence and [...]
The last day of the conference was a very powerful day. The local host committee and the conference planners organized a march and rally for human rights. The march started at the conference center and went to the University of Glasgow. There were a number of speakers that discussed the issues of global poverty and [...]
I went to Glasgow, Scotland to attend the CIVICUS World Assembly. CIVICUS is an international civil society building organization and the World Assembly “is a forum for international civil society representatives to get together, exchange ideas, experiences and build strategies for a just world.”
At the conference, I was introduced to two nonprofit anti-poverty activists from [...]
We took a night bus to Malaga from Barcelona. It was torturous. The seats were small and the people in front of me wanted to recline their seats as far as they could. I did my best to get some sleep but it was off and on. Once we arrived in town, we looked for [...]
We had two days of rest and relaxation over one of the weekends during our Habitat Humanity build. It was obvious that our weekend was put together at the last minute. Our American team leaders were still trying to put it together a few days before we left. They were well intentioned but they tried [...]
The Build Site
Our primary task on the build site was to put in the foundation for a four-plex apartment style building. It would be the final building on the site that contained three other Habitat apartment style units. This building along with a few others were being prepared for a corporate blitz build. A Romanian [...]
The Cluj-Napoco affiliate of Habitat for Humanity was formed in 1999. In under a decade, they have developed a strong and effective program. They have a two-prong approach on helping people move into or stay in affordable housing. The first was the traditional building of new houses and apartments. The second program was renovations to existing housing. The renovation program [...]
Dear Gentle Readers,
As you know, I have started to blog about my Habitat experience in Romania. Due to a combination of a stomach virus and lack of wi-fi access, blogging hasn’t been my number one priority. I received an e-mail from my friend Vickie Ott who worked on my Habitat build in Costa Rica. Her [...]
