25th June: last day
Saturday 25th June This was our last goodbye to a place which had changed all of our lives. Some volunteers decided to extend their stay by …
24 Jun
24th June
24th June
Friday 24th June This, our final day was perhaps the most memorable of the week. Our team and one other was sent to the house of …
23 Jun
23rd June
23rd June
Thursday 23rd June I woke to the sound of heavy rain drumming on the roof, which reminded me of a time past living in Tanzania. There was …
22 Jun
22nd June
22nd June
Wednesday 22nd June Two teams joined forces as about fifteen people worked together to clean out a hotel which was ankle-deep in mud, waste and debris. …
21 Jun
21st June
21st June
Tuesday 21st June This was a day of new experiences, as (much to the amusement of my team) I reacquainted myself with bike riding, we all …
20 Jun
20th June
20th June
Monday 20th June The morning was spent finishing our job on the house, which was satisfying. In the afternoon we went to another house that was …
19 Jun
19th June
19th June
Sunday 19th June We continued work on the house to which we had been assigned on the Saturday. I appreciated the need for caution moving around …
18 Jun
18th June
18th June
Team #10: Aiko (Japanese) Will (American) Helen (Australian), YIS Madeleine, (British) YIS Our leader, Chris (Canadian) Saturday 18th June Saturday marked one hundred days after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan on …
Author: Miss Cox