Team XIX at Team Training in Sebastopol, California
Back row: Barbara Wotila and her husband, Steve Little
Front row: Danny Rodriguez, Dan Knox, Scott Rutherford (Facilitator), Charlie Wishart

Team's first glimpse of Hanoi on way to Freedom Hotel where we stayed for three days en route to project.

Meeting with officials of the District Office of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, VVRP's Viet Nam sponsor.

Meeting with local officials on site

Team's first look at job site in Duong Hoa Commune

Digging right in on first day

Barb Wotila and Vietnamese mixing concrete with Steve Little, her husband, supervising

Project starting to look like something

Steve Little, stripping concrete forms for re-use

Dan Knox, carrying concrete

"Where's the donkey?"
Pun intended! (Charlie Wishart hauling concrete block. Steve Little watches.)

Negotiating Team purchase of tools and equipment at "Ace Hardware"

Barb Wotila, "livin' large" in Hue, where the team stayed during the project, commuting each day to Duong Hoa

A night out in Hue.
From left to right: Dan Knox, Team interpreter, Phom Thi Yen Nhi, Charlie Wishart, Steve Little, Barbara Wotila.

Lunch with crew, last day on site

Fully outfitted crew, courtesy of Team XIX

Team XIX with crew. Last smiles before sad goodbyes

The kids.... This is what it's all about.

The school in Duong Hoa is finished

The classroom stands equipped with the desks and chairs for the pupils.

The official handover of the school in Duong Hoa accepted by Mr. Chien and attended by John Ward as representative of VVRP and EMW.

Completed school, another perspective.

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