HFH Project: 21st of May '14

Some representatives from Habitat For Humanity came to my school today. They held a meeting to present about their mission and vision and I was called to the meeting as the representative of my group. 

During the meeting, the representatives of HFH talked about the Ripple Effect that they hope to achieve from their project of building houses for the poor. They said sure the poor need people to give them education, food and clothes, but all of these actually starts from if they have a house. If they don't have a comfortable house to live in, where are they going to study? How are they going to have a decent rest to be able to work to their fullest? The Ripple Effect talks about how with our act of helping them build a house we can help their whole life, starting from their physiological needs to their emotional needs.

After the meeting, one of the representatives then shared about their experiences in the organization. She said that a lot of youths are so eager in helping with this project. One of the schools in Jakarta even has a club dedicated for HFH and only selected students are able to enter the club. I was surprised that many teenagers these days are excited to do social works. Thus this motivates me further to carry on with this project. It also made me want to have my group members be excited about the project too.