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Welcome to the Interim information for =**Thailand Khao Lak Habitat for Humanity**= Working within a range but never stepping foot on luxury resorts that only Thailand can provide, students on this interim course will have the opportunity to build homes alongside Thai families who lost thier homes during the 2005 Asian Tsunami. To help rebuild their lives and homes, habitat for humanity grants selected partner families a no interest loan with the additional expectation that the partner families help pay for their new home with "sweat equity" in which their own labor is put into the construction. As we work alongside those families, we will come to learn about their history, their struggles, and their lives. we will also learn about the village in which they live and what it truly means to be involved with Community. Throughout the 5-day building project, we will actively learn Habitat for humanity's mission which states "Habitat for humanity International works in partnership with god and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with people in need by building and renovating houses so that there are decent houses in decent communities in which people can experience God's love, and can live and grow into all that God intends." (source www.habitat.org/ap) We will also visit an orphanage operated through the Tsunami Children's Foundation and spend evenings after work touring the larger Tsunami wracked area under the guidance of a formed volunteer of Doctors without borders.Students will have the opportunity to interact with children for whom the orhanage is now their only home. Join us for an incomparable opportunity to build relationships as you help rebuils lives and homes.


 * ==Interim Leaders:==


 * Doug Baker and Maree Mann || =Flight details=
 * Dragonair

O7-03-10 KA-212 Hong Kong / Phuket Depart 0855/arrive 1135 12-03-10 KA 215 Phuket / Hong Kong Depart 1820/arrive 2250 ||  || . || ==Itinerary==
 * ==Packing List==

|| == == || We'll meet at the Dragon Air KA desk in Terminal 1, Island K at 6:45 am, Sunday 7/03/10
 * Meeting Time**