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Building Bricks

Working in charity has its benefits. And having my heart filled with joy to see a project come to life is top of my list. After fundraising heavily earlier in the year in order to try and support Silvestre to launch his community project to build burnt bricks. I was not entirely successful but luckily we found enough funds to kick it off. As Silvestre and his youth group of another 14 youngsters started bricks production, I knew this was something I absolutely had to do on my trip to Mozambique - to build a brick!


Patiently, Silvestre guided me through the steps  - prepare the clay, fill in the brick mould by throwing the clay with as much strength as I could, cut the extra clay out with an improvised wire, remove the inner moulds and then gently but firmly push the brick out. I was proud to pull it through, and even signed it in the end. So maybe my brick won't go and be able to be part of a house or a school, but it is part of a dream, and one that I helped achieve.

Over the last 4 years, myself and my husband supported Silvestre through university and rallied friends to help with his community project. We both did our own brick in a very special day, our wedding anniversary. That was a gift to us, full of emotion. A gift that means much more than a burnt brick, and brings hope to a community of young people. 


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