Laura Ferent

We had two incredible days when we saw the house taking shape and looking like a "real house" with all the walls and the tiled roof on top. An incredible team work. My highlight of the two days was putting the stucco on the exterior walls together with Ionut, one of the homeowners. Even though we could exchange no words, the smiles and signs and the warm silence surrounded by the sound of the hammering created an unrealy happy atmosphere. The incredible sense of community is...

Today was our first day on the built site. Out team and the student team from Neuchatel Junior College worked together with the homeowner families and local volunteers. It was humbling to meet two of the future homeowners of the Easter House. Catinca is a 70-years old woman who lost her house because she gave it as guarantee for a stranger's mortgage, who left without paying the installments. Silvia was raised in a orphanage and is currently living with a couple who take care of her. When...