habitat for humanity

building homes in ethiopia

Scott Pepler from Cerebos Gregg’s was part of Team Kiwi, a Habitat for Humanity Global Village team from New Zealand that traveled to Ethiopia for three weeks. Here is a part of his story...

Our team consisted of 10 men and 14 women aged from 16 to 74 from all corners of New Zealand. Initially strangers but brought together by a desire to build homes for Ethiopians and to raise awareness of the many other social issues facing them.

After a 30 hour arduous flight and two days familiarizing ourselves, we departed for a five-hour bus trip to the Debre Birhan affiliate (the Habitat for Humanity building site).

The real work began. Team Kiwi hit the ground running, rolling up our sleeves and jumping right into it. The team worked with what was around us; the condition of the site and tools were in stark contrast to what we were accustomed to back in New Zealand, but every one just got into it and in total 12 houses were constructed.

The team would like to thank the major sponsors for this year, which included Cerebos Gregg’s.