Today we started our project with Catholic Relief Services (CRS). We are improving a school, adding new classrooms and building a playground area.
It was an amazing, and very satisfying kick-off to an extensive project. The community has divided volunteers into 9 groups. Each group will help us for one day. The local volunteers came ready to work and with a high level of enthusiasm. They would literally take work out of your hands. If you were doing something and they saw what you were doing they would take the task away from you to do it themselves.
The first day of a project like this requires several hours of organization before things start to flow. This was no different but when some organizations set in, an amazing amount of work was accomplished. Of course, in the early stages when working on things like building a foundation, there isn’t a lot of apparent progress. However, it can be the most important stage.