From the 4th to the 21st of October a truly amazing group of 36 Irish Volunteers gave it their all in Lesotho for the ACARA Lesotho Build Project 2010.
It was a physically, emotionally and mentally exhausting experience and a privilege to share it with this group of exceptional people. Without them and the support of friends and families this project would not have been possible.
In just 14 days we completed the following:
- The construction and fit out of 2 classrooms
- The building of 3 Keyhole Gardens
- The building of 2 ACARA Friendship Walls
- Maintenance work on existing classrooms
- The building of a playground at the ACARA Safe House built in 2008
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful and committed people can make big changes in the lives of hundreds of children, now and in the years to come.
Thanks to a wonderful team and new friends made.
Kea Leboha
ACARA Volunteers - Lesotho Build Project
Do The Right Thing is new to RTE and is a show all about aspiring volunteers who are ready to put their lives on hold for a year and travel to some of the most challenging places on earth. ACARA Action Projects are delighted that they will be using some of our volunteers action footage from our Lesotho Build Project over the course of the next 10 weeks. Presented by Lucy Kennedy and Baz Ashmay. The show will run for the next 10 weeks or RTE 2, Tuesday nights at 10:00pm. You can also get kept up to date via the website
http://www.rte.ie/tv/dotherightthing
To view all footage of our Volunteers and our previous Lesotho Build Project. http://www.acara.ie/lesotho/videos
We return to Lesotho again on the 4th October 2010 with a new group of volunteers.
