Day 13 - Handover ceremony, birthday parties and BBQ
All attended site for the formal handover ceremony. Furniture and rugs installed, painting done, and post-PC porch completed.
Heather Reynolds, founder of GGA, came to say a few words to ward off bad spirits etc. (in the traditional Zulu way). The client, Ze Lucille, was clearly very ha…
Brookfield Europe is again undertaking an expedition to South Africa to support the charity, God's Golden Acre (our third visit). Ten Brookfield staff volunteers will spend two weeks (starting 11 October 2010) in the rural area of Cato Ridge, in KwaZulu-Natal Province where they will build a small house for children who have been orphaned or abandoned due to HIV/AIDS related illness and violence. GGA is a non-profit charity whose primary objective is to create a stable home for thes…
Brookfield Europe is again undertaking an expedition to South Africa to support the charity, God's Golden Acre (our third visit). Ten Brookfield staff volunteers will spend two weeks (starting 11 October 2010) in the rural area of Cato Ridge, in KwaZulu-Natal Province where they will build a small house for children who have been orphaned or abandoned due to HIV/AIDS related illness and violence. GGA is a non-profit charity whose primary objective is to create a stable home for these children from throughout South Africa by means of foster care, protection and nourishment.
Brookfield's volunteers are Malcolm Baron, Gary Deathridge, Rob Evans, Nathan Gierszon, James Manley, Debbie MacInnes, Nicholas McNally, Marina Otroshchenko, Simone Santi and Phil Stokes. We will be posting blogs to this site throughout the expedition and hope readers will enjoy the real time accounts of events over there.
Day 13 - Handover ceremony, birthday parties and BBQ
All attended site for the formal handover ceremony. Furniture and rugs installed, painting done, and post-PC porch completed.
Heather Reyno…
Day 12 - Porch Variation and mountains
Malcolm, Debbie, Nick, Nathan, Simone and Phil left for Drakensberge Mountains (across the border in Lesotho) to view the scenery from the summit 2873m a…
George Assimakopoulos
Congratulations guys - looks like another successful trip - enjoy the last few hours of you adventure - we look forward to seeing you on Monday and listening to some of the humorous stories - have a safe journey home.
Despite popular requestes - still no Zulu dancing extravaganza pics or any shots of Nick getting his hands dirty.
Best wishes
George
George Assimakopoulos
Great progress Team -well done - you guys seem to be ahead of the game at this point. Unless my eyesight is going - there appear to be no shots of Nick laying any blocks.I agree some Zulu dancing shots would be great. Have a super weekend at the game reserve and keep safe - please stay away from those snakes- you are not Crocodile Dundees!!!!!
Ian Pratt
Watch out Stoksey will be setting up a jump form next and Malc will be moaning that he cant get a raod closure in time for the water connection!!Great effort -more photos!
Alice Garton
Sounds like McNally has been keeping you all entertained with 80s rock ballads and 'liquid dance moves'. Can you let us know when he gets out the 'dirty house' and turns your hut into an Ibiza rave? It must be coming soon!
We are really enjoying reading these blogs guys, great work!
WakaWaka2010
MaryAnn, we have the Zulu dancing down pat; lessons available. Steve, IT have limited data roaming. Videos later. Imagine a place where you cannot shoot the animals and you don't have the servants in your French villa.
Steve Browne
Can we have some photos of the accommodation, surrounding landscape etc Are you limited to the number of photo's you can put on the blog? Video is a must!
Gillain Where is all the PPE? LOL Good job guys!
re: Action shot