November 2008

Rosette Reilly - 12/03/2008

03 Dec 2008

The garden was a busy spot today! Our team of 80 were joined by 12 builders and 8 painters at what resembles a building site rather than a garden! Our maze was difficult to get around by the end of the day, our 'baby elephant' and duo of crocodiles were drying in the sun and our artwork animals made...

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John Freeman - 03/12/08

03 Dec 2008

I started this year's trip on the Royal Blue team. However as I got off the bus on the first day a voice called to me looking for a volunteer. Not even knowing what I had volunteered for I headed off to an awaiting bakkie. I was now on the water team! For the last 5 days with Vera and Cathal we have...

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Dawn Aston - 11/30/2008

30 Nov 2008

- Busy day and lots done by the gardening team. - Met up with some familiar African faces from last year – lovely. - We commandeered a classroom from a local school as our ‘art room’. Back in class after all these years! - Smelly trussed-up sheep in a market in front of the school!...

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Hazel Revington Cross - 11/30/2008

30 Nov 2008

Today was just amazing, even though my body aches, my hair is stuck to my head and I have so much dirt on my face it could be mistaken for designer stubble! We arrived in the township of Khayelitsha ready for work at 8am. Looking out the windows of the bus on the way in and seeing the scale of the...

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John O'Dwyer - 11/30/2008

30 Nov 2008

The alarm buzzed at 6:20am so we peeled ourselves out of the bed. It was a cool morning with bursts of sunshine every now and again. After a fruit breakfast we all loaded onto the bus for Khayelitsha, a 30 minute drive from Cape Town centre. This is our 4th year on the NMTT Building Blitz, and we...

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Hazel Revington Cross - 11/29/2008

29 Nov 2008

Flying is definitely not my favourite thing, but half a xanax later and everything was wonderful flying into Heathrow. I took the other half just before boarding for Cape Town and I was asleep before it even took off! I found Pierce Brosnan on the plane when I woke up and his beautiful face passed a...

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Tom Jones/John O’Dwyer - 11/29/2008

29 Nov 2008

There’s nothing like a 12 hour flight and 12 inches of space to test friendships again. It’s good to know that, even after such a long journey, the tired and weary bodies exited the plane this morning full of laughter and goodwill at 7am. Niall Mellon welcomed everybody at immigration,...

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Rosette Reilly - 11/29/2008

29 Nov 2008

In a marquee filled with Irish people wearing t-shirts of 30 different colours we watched children from Khayelitsha sing “Thank you Irish for building homes” and stood to honour one of the world’s greatest citizens, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Drinking bottles and bottles of water, we...

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Hazel Revington Cross -12/01/2008

26 Nov 2008

Today wasn't one that went according to plan. My work buddy (we all pair with someone to look out for each other) wasn't feeling well on arrival on site this morning, so we went straight to the medical headquarters, where she collapsed. At lease we were surrounded by the medical team when it happened....

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November 2008

Rosette Reilly - 12/03/2008

John Freeman - 03/12/08

Dawn Aston - 11/30/2008

Hazel Revington Cross - 11/30/2008

John O'Dwyer - 11/30/2008

Hazel Revington Cross - 11/29/2008

Tom Jones/John O’Dwyer - 11/29/2008

Rosette Reilly - 11/29/2008

Hazel Revington Cross -12/01/2008

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