We were recently at a place where we worked on a Me to We project. We helped build the foundation of a bathroom for a school that had previously had one hole in the ground for the whole school to use. We only used rocks, and cement. We didn’t have any gear except for gloves and trowels. But, we still got pretty far in the span of an hour.
The rocks we used had been found for us. The sat in a huge pile and we brought them over to the hole we were working in. We slathered cement over the rocks, then added them to the top of the foundation. Then we repeated. We would pour cement in the holes that were left in-between the rocks. Even though we were doing the same things for an hour, we didn’t get bored of it. In the end, we had made the foundation taller.
We had a lot of fun building the wall, and helping the kids at the school. If you travel through a place that has Me to We – or any organization – that you can help with, definitely give it a try. Helping these kids have a bathroom was a once in a lifetime experience. Even though this will probably be the only time I will touch cement in my life, it felt so good to help make these kids’ school better.
Thank you for introducing me to ME to WE! I can’t wait to learn more about it.
Way to go!
Thanks for helping to work on the floor of a bathroom for the kids’ school there, Anika. I wonder if these memories will come back to you as you walk across the bathroom floor at GMS?
Thanks for your sharing!
Paloma, thank you for your lovely writing, describing your experience of the contrasts between two very different places in Asia.
Perhaps you can build a new structure at home.
Love you all