Habitat for Humanity serves the community in many functions, such as building affordable housing for under-privileged families. Unbeknownst to me, Habitat for Humanity also operates “Re-Stores”; these facilities accept donations from homeowners, demolition sites, or companies and resell them to the community at large. They offer a wide variety of items, such as books, paintings,…
It is my first day back in Massachusetts after an amazing week in El Salvador, and ironically I am now feeling sick from eating American food. Luckily I have a nice home and family to take care of me. However, this only reminds me of the lack of families and good homes to take care…
The first two days working at the site have been exhausting yet completely rewarding. Since we are teaching entrepreneurship as well as building, we split into two groups of 5 people – one group teaches in the morning while the other builds and vice versa after lunch. Luckily I’m with the group that works in…
Last Saturday afternoon I flew into El Salvador not knowing what to expect. I had heard so many different things from my friends and family that I decided to just throw all my expectations away and “ride the wave.” Although El Salvador has been through many challenges and triumphs over the past 20 years, the…
Today was our first day building and working with the local community in El Salvador. I think going into it, none of us knew really knew what to expect. We all knew that we’d be building houses, but beyond that, nothing more. It was really nice that we were introduced to the family that we…
Grace Morton ’14: Our Wednesday night festivities started off at a small local restaurant called “2 Paul’s Radically Urban Barbeque,” where we indulged ourselves in classic Cajun sandwiches. Pulled pork and brisket were top on the list for the group favorites, especially when topped with the special sweet jelly pepper sauce. Once we were stuffed…
Kelsey Bronski ’14: Since we arrived in Lafayette we have seen a drive-through daiquiri store and discovered we could hop our backyard’s fence into Walmart’s parking lot. Needless to say we’re not in Wellesley anymore. We’ve ventured into Walmart at least 3 times now- and everyone there wants to be our friend. We have been…
Kyle Shute ’12: In the spirit of emerging ourselves into the Lafayette culture, we went to Old Tyme Grocery and indulged in some phenomenal po’ boys (basically a sub). The owner of the restaurant spontaneously serenated us with his accordion. Last night I let the arcade get the best of me. We pooled our tickets…
12 hours. That’s how long it takes to get from Boston to San Salvador. Or at least that’s how long it took us to get there. We stopped for some nice Chinese food from Panda express along the way to make the trip shorter. As we changed planes, gathered luggage, and set forth for our…
