Our first full day began with a van drive to our site at Las Brisas School, from our base in Siquirres. Our host partners, Conchita and Marcos introduced the group volunteers to Favian, driver, translator and incredible helper, and Mario, school handyman and site maestro.

Up at the crack of dawn and everyone onto the van for a 30 minute drive and met with the family of Sok Sei(husband) and Ses Ros(wife). The DWC team joined sisters Janice and Kylie Koay and mum Kim Lew from Kuala Lumpur to provide help with their build. All was co-ordinated by Nika from VBC and contractor Boun Thoeun.

And so the journey begins… The entire team made it safe into Lima, arriving at different hours of the day. Some folks came in a few days earlier even, to get some sightseeing done in Moraflores and Barranco before the real work begins. We all got together for the first time at noon at the Hotel dining room, where Josh, our DWC team leader gave us a run down of what we can expect in the next few days. We had a great welcome lunch and headed to the City’s centre to check out some of the historic sites, guided by Javier, our official translator/tour guide.

A team of 18 has come together from North American West coast and East coast to build Eco-stoves for the less fortunate! Helping them increase their life span by living a healthier life.

This DWC team is working in Naro Moru, Kenya with our in-country partner ACCESS Kenya to improve the environment as well as water and education resources in the community.

An enthusiastic team of volunteers, led by DWC Team Leader Marty France, travelled to Dang, Nepal to improve health for local families.

Amalie Bruun has travelled on every volunteer trip to build in Sri Lanka since her first time in 2009. Her contribution is incredible and so is her love for the work we do and the people of Sri Lanka. Amalie’s full-time job is managing all the logistical and financial aspects of the production of a commercial or other content. As part of a recent assignment, she visited Sri Lanka and wrote this blog for us.

Last April, while building homes for two families in need in Sri Lanka, the volunteers of Team 15 learned about another family living in a desperate situation.

For the first 28 years of her life Jaynatha believed that the many challenges she had to face were “karma” resulting from misdeeds in a past life. Then in just one year her karma changed. Here is her story.