Photos from left to right: volunteers getting upskilled on site. Members of the Nicro team form a conveyor belt to get blocks inside the house. Tom Fitzgerald handing the key to Zandre, the beneficiary, along with Gordon Reid who participated in his sixth build.
It was a small, but intimate group of volunteers that travelled to Paarl on 10 September to participate in a house build. The group consisted of several staff from Santam and Nicro as well as a few individuals wanting to experience the hands-on approach of the project.
One of the volunteers commented that it was great to get away from the daily routine and forget one's everyday stresses, and one of the team leaders said of his all women team that they were fantastic and that he'd never seen such proactive team work.
At the end of the day, the group witnessed the handing over of a house to a beneficiary. Zandre has lived in a shack for almost 30 years and was very happy to receive the keys to her own home. She has four children, but only three will be living with her. Unfortunately they were not present at the handover.
We wish Zandre and her family all the best in their beautiful new home.
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