Uspantan is the town that we’re based in, but we travel out to the mountains to install the stoves. It´s amazing. We aimed to install 5 stoves a day per team…but it´s been a slower start than we anticipated. Some of the homes that needed the stoves also needed lots of preparation work before we could help. Continue reading →

So today we left the bright lights of Guatamala city for the hills and mountains of Uspantan, the base for our stove building! The journey saw many highs and lows and that wasnt just the mountains, although not as bad as some had expected the roads were still cause for some considerable concern – espcially to Harriet. From smouldering volcanoes to deep green vallies the journey showed the beauty of Guatamala and the smiley happy people that make the country the special place it is. Continue reading →

Where did it all go wrong?

We landed in Boston. We had two hours to connect to our flight to Miami. Things were going great – but then we lost 2 passengers at immigration. Ramon and Carla were taken for further questioning. Carla was pulled aside because of her Portugese passport (which is hand written) and Ramon because he had a passport issued in the last few days. As a result, Carla, Clair, Carlyn, Ramon, Henry and I ended up missing our connecting flight to Miami. Continue reading →

The day has finally come! We gathered at the Austin’s for a 4:15 departure and everyone made it – on time and raring to go. Even Carl our friend who kindly offered to drive us to and pick us up from Manchester was perky on just 4 hours sleep. We made it to the Airport in about 2 hours and had plenty of time to spare. Continue reading →

Friday – Evesham we hear is getting flood warnings, Morrisons is 5 ft under water and some staff pool cars are also going to be claimed on the insurance! We get let off home early at 3pm. Some people left to go back to Worcester at 12pm – they were still traveling as Pershore and Old Worcester road closed. I heard that they eventually got home at 1am! I got back to my road and found it to be under 1/2 foot of water, going through it I thought was no problem. Little did I know that 1 hour later it would rise another 1ft and claim my neighbours opposite and steadily rising more to the foot of my garden, I was trapped for sure.
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