In Macedonia the Red Cross sent a team of volunteer college kids to each high school in the country to teach them Humanitarian Principles. Then they challenged the students to form a team from each school to go find a need, design a solution, get funding locally, and complete the project. 200 teams did that and the results were published in a book that we have.
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| Homeowner and our translator |
One project we visited was championed by two high school girls. They found a woman and her mentally disabled daughter living in a shed. They got the village to donate some land, an architect to draw a plan, a contractor to oversee construction, companies to donate supplies and volunteers to help with the labor.
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| The house the girls built |
They built the woman and her daughter a small
home that we visited. The home has a
combination frontroom/bedroom, kitchen, indoor bathroom, basement storage for
food, electricity and running water. The smiles on their faces were priceless as
they proudly showed us their small but snug and warm home.
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| View from the house |
We then provided the Red Cross with the funds
to repeat the training process at all the High Schools in the country the next year and so for the price of one
project got about 200 charitable projects accomplished.
The story of that charitable project is really touching. I can just imagine the incomparable happiness the woman and her disabled daughter felt after receiving a new home with supplies. That kind of humanitarian principle must really be practiced all over the world. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful read, Rebecca! Kudos and all the best to you!
ReplyDeleteJustin Garrett @ Buzz Homes