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Thursday 10 jan
Last day of building

Got to EPM (the site for the build) at about 9 and had a quick Pete Pep Talk to motivate us for the last day on site. Everyone got back to their jobs from the past few days and smashed out their work. My group was on stairs so we really tried to have the poles finished so we could do the slats after lunch. After a few hours of hard and focused work we stopped for lunch at i-block where Liv got a cake for her birthday 🙂
When it came to the end of the day, we hadn’t quite finished off the house – just had to put the roof on. It was so nice to see everyone encouraging each other to finish and do just a bit more. We finished off the stairs in record time, using the nail gun to hold the bamboo slats in. We all stood in front of the house for some photos and admired the work everyone had done. Pete told us that our St Stephen’s team has done the most work in 4 days than any other team which was impressive! It brings RAW closer to their goal of completely finishing a house in 4 days for a family in need.
We gathered in a circle so the family was able to thank us and tell us about what the house meant for them. The mother said that her youngest son previously owned no clothes and now he had some for 4 days, because of our work on the house. It’s amazing what we accomplished considering at home we would probably just be watching Netflix and sleeping. After we had said goodbye and good luck, we drove to i-block to begin our sleep out adventure.

Well done everyone for the effort you put in, we’ve now helped a family have a new start to their life.

Written by Demi
Edited by Lauren