by Brian Inkster
2. December 2009 18:56
A few days after working at the House of Maria and Germán we walked past there on the way to work at Miguel's. It was good to see that the work that we had started was being continued by Germán. He had told us that our help had accomplished in one afternoon what would have taken him several days to do on his own. We had brought the column to support a water tank (on the left of the picture below) up to roof level in concrete. Germán had, over the weekend, built up the wooden supports to the full level required. He now awaited a delivery of materials to enable him to finish pouring the concrete and complete the tower.
We had been told that one of the benefits in us working in the 22 de Enero Neighbourhood would be to give the people we were helping a hand up and help push them forward in completing their ongoing building work. Here was evidence of that in a matter of just a few days.
You can give people like Germán a hand up by donating at www.justgiving.com/argentina2009
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