Azar had no experience in contruction other than that obtained on the previous HFH trip to Tanzania. It was clear that if we were going to succeed in building a school we would need some expertise. We asked HFH to help us.

We figured that if we built some houses for HFH at the same time as the school we could utilise the available skills and experience to build the school to be sure of a safe and quality construction.

Happily for us HFHGB and HFHTanzania both agreed to give us some help.

By the time we were ready to leave in August 2007 for the build we had raised enough money for an eight classroom school and for eight houses (at around £1000 each). Fantastic! We handed the money over for the houses and the plan was to build three local to the site whilst the team were in Tanzania.

The whole thing went very well. While half our team worked on the school the others worked on houses, alongside the home-owners to be and the builder assigned to the house by HFH. Half way through the teams swapped over so everyone had a chance to work on both types of build.

By the time we came to leave, dedication ceremonies were held of handing over each house to the new owners which was a very happy and joyous occasion for everyone involved.