Author Archives: Aine Flynn

Wellington-boot throwing competition. Cock fights. Standing with a vegetarian friend and gaping at an atrocious parade of slain moose mounted on the back of pick-up trucks. Sleeping rough in St. Mark’s Square, with nothing but a box of tic-tacs for nourishment and torn pages of a magazine for warmth. Up until the last weekend of May 2004, I was content with my repertoire of absurd experiences. Not bad, ne? I hadn’t expected to add to the list. Well, not in Japan, and certainly not whilst living in my new adopted home called Kashima. Continue reading →

Created in the late 1980s, Global Village has prepared and sent hundreds of teams to almost fifty countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Carribean and North America to help build houses.

Habitat houses are built by people who have donated their money and time to those in need. The new homeowners contribute to more houses and Habitat families through a programme called “sweat equity” and mortgage payments on their no-interest house loans. Continue reading →