Showing your weath through your generosity...

I wish it was my line, but unfortunately not... It is the catch line for 'the one in one out' charity here in Johannesberg, South Africa.  Pastor Stephen Thomas, who heads up this amazing charity, operates on the simple premis that if you receive a gift or can buy something new for yourself, then give the old one away.... If this principle was adopted by the world we live in we could bring poverty to its knees quickly.

It is in the Freedom Park Centre that we are based for the next 3 weeks building houses for the poor.  Our basecamp will have 3 functions.  One it will help us build youth from the UK by teaching them the value of helping others, two, it will eliviate a housing shortage for 4 families this year... You can only change the world one step at at a time, and finally it will allow us to create a base of operation for further years of experimentation with housing and structures made of exspandable concrete, recontitued shipping containers and traditional African houseing, or RDP housing.

The 'One in One out' Charity has given us 'card bloaunch' or a clean slate to do on this land whatever we want! This active trust is refreshing in a world tied down in red tap and stop signs, and is a commodidy worth it's weight in gold. Imagin a world filled with trust worthy people, trusted by others. How much more can be accomplished?

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