After a good nights sleep, we made our way to breakfast with a bit more bounce in our step. In our daily rooftop meeting after breakfast the students shared that they had really enjoyed the previous days work and mostly enjoyed giving the village children shoulder rides and the local cuisine prepared by the local school staff.

Once again, we loaded into the minivans and made our way across the Mekong river by barge to the school and village where we were to finish the house we started yesterday. On arrival we were once again greeted by the smiling faces of the local children. However, also on arrival, one of the Raw Impact staff members alerted us to the fact that a wall we had finished building yesterday was the wrong size. Oops!

Fixing the walls

With two students on the tape measure, walls were remeasured and recut. Finally we could lift the wall into place. We were feeling a sense of accomplishment until we realised we had now cut the wall 30cms too short, which would not have been such a big deal if we hadn’t made a few miscalculations with the door also.

Fixing the window

Lunch was again prepared at the school and the SSS students and Other staff chowed down and were back at the build site pretty quick, eager to get the house finished.

Michael leading the charge

Despite a great deal of teamwork and focus we were unable to complete the house today but we definitely learnt a few key points about the next time we build. Patience and perseverance were definitely two of the key skills developed today!

Solid Teamwork with some local helping hands

To top off a fun and exciting day, the students were surprised with noodle dinner on a boat secretly organised by the RawImpact staff.

Noodles on the boat