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Wednesday, December 6, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
CAMBODIA: Sisters
team built each wall
block by block
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we arrived allowed us to start
building walls. We trans-
ferred blocks from stacks to
the worksite, applied mortar
and built each wall block by
block, leveled, added mor-
tar, added a block until the
row was complete. We mixed
mortar by hauling buckets
of sand and water, added a
bag of cement and stirred
the thick sluice with shovels.
We filled mortar buckets and
repeated this process hour
after hour, day after day.
Finished houses measure
approximately 356 square
feet, about the size of a sin-
gle-car garage, and include
a flush toilet. Families and
extended families with up to
eight members will occupy
these homes built on land
secured through collabora-
tion between the Cambodian
government and Habitat
Cambodia. Though each
family has their own story,
similarities exist. Most were
squatting on land that did not
belong to them. Many homes
were unstable structures of tin
and boards that would flood
during the rainy season, caus-
ing unsanitary conditions.
Income levels vary but most
get by on a few U.S. dollars
per day.
The 23 families occupy-
ing these newly constructed
homes will now have a safe
and secure place to live and
will own their homes thanks
to the work of volunteers and
successful funding by Habitat
Cambodia.
Building in another coun-
try is demanding yet reward-
ing work. Participant Sally
Benton described the experi-
ence this way:
“Taking part in a big build
is a remarkable experience
allowing one to engage with
a culture that is so different
from our own and provides
the opportunity to give back
to our global community
by providing much-needed
housing.”
Though we worked hard
during the day, evenings
provided a mix of opportu-
nities to try out the cuisine
of the area or participate in
group dinners and activi-
ties. On our final night, the
Battambang Circus treated
us to a performance. The
show included a range of
circus acrobatics, juggling,
and clowning, dramatic and
visual art retelling the Khmer
Rouge story. The perform-
ers were coaches and train-
ers for the arts school, Phare
Ponleu Selpak. The NGO
helps disadvantaged young
people escape from situations
connected with poverty such
as begging or trafficking to
get an education, in public
school and in the arts. We all
agreed the performance was
world-class.
This is the fifth over-
seas build led by Sisters
Habitat board member Jack
McDonnell and his wife,
MaryAnne. One previous
build was in Nepal, three in
Kyrgyzstan.
Asked why they devote
so much time to Habitat
for Humanity, MaryAnne
replied, “We believe assisting
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