Last week we held a Habitat build in my village which 15 Peace Corps Volunteers came to work at. My host mother, the Habitat volunteer coordinator, organized for us to help make bricks and tamp dirt in large molds for the house walls. We worked along side the homeowners, carrying buckets of clay and forming mud bricks. Despite the blazing sun, a breeze off the lake kept us relatively cool—a real treat for the visiting southern volunteers who are used to daily temps over 100! On our day off, we checked out the waterfall and then made our way down to the beach. Not a bad way to take a load off!
In addition to our Peace Corps team, Habitat “Global Village” Teams have been coming to my village to volunteer throughout the summer. The program seems like a neat way to meet new people, see new places, and get to help out local families in need. The volunteers are from all over the world and usually stay for about ten days. It’s been really interesting to talk to them and be a part of their experience here in Kyrgyzstan.
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