Global Village Program~International Youth Build (Day 4-8)
Global Village Program ~
International Youth BuildDay4-8Challenge (Day4-Build)We left the hotel at 7am, and headed to the worksite. We wondered what kind of work we would do. We were separated into the groups. We got heavy metal poles and shovels, and assigned a hole to dig which should be 1.2㎡. “Digging a hole? Won’t be that hard.” That was what we all thought…it was wrong. There were concretes and hard clay, which we had to break by throwing metal poles on the ground. Also from somewhere, water comes out and we also had to take the water out. We fought with concretes and clay, but it never seemed to break. With girls’ power, it was really had to break a small chunk… When we were stuck, we asked professionals for help. They break those in a minute. We tried 10minutes to break that piece and they broke it in a minute. Powerless. Ineffectuality that we felt. Aren’t we disturbing their work? Yet we have to do it, because this is why we came, to be part of the build. During lunch time or rest time, we communicated with local people and played with kids, a fun refreshing time!!We left worksite around 5pm, went back to hotel and rest.
朝の７時にホテルをでて、作業所へと向かった。どんな仕事をするのだろう。私たちは５人のグループに分けられ、穴を掘る仕事を与えられた。1.2㎡の穴を掘る。穴掘り？簡単。と、アメリカチーム、日本チームも思った。が、渡されたのは鉄の棒とシャベル。鉄の棒でコンクリートと固い粘土を割り、シャベルですくい出す、というのだ。穴を掘るにあたって、どこからともなく湧いてくる水をバケツで搔き出すという作業もあり、簡単なんて言っていた五分前を後悔した。女子の力では粘土は割れても、コンクリートを割るのは難しかった。どうしても作業が進まないとき大工さんに助けを求めると、彼らは私たちが１０分かけても割れなかったコンクリートを一分ほどでいとも簡単に割っていた。力のなさにショックを受けた。なんて無力なんだろう、と。彼らの仕事を邪魔しているだけなのではないか、と。だが、出来ることはやらなくては。お昼や休憩中に現地の人々と話し子供達と遊んだ。そして、５時くらいにホテルへと戻った。
WORK! (Day5,6, &7 –Build)From the first day of the build, we learned the ropes. So we were able to break the concretes and clays better. Yet, doing the same work for day and a half, made us weary. Then there were other new works to do; bending the metal poles and wiring it to make post. We switched works so that nobody gets weary. We started to get used to the work and efficiency went up. We could dig faster than we used to, we could bend wires and connect them faster. As holes finish, we got another work. Mixing rocks and sands with shovels to create cement and bucket brigaded it to the whole, which the post is standing. More work, more fun, but more blisters we got and bled.More and more kids gathered and played with us during the rest. We all enjoyed as if we were kids too. We ran and play tags, and we did some dancing games.
初日の作業でみんなコツを掴み始め、コンクリートや粘土を砕くことにはなれてきた。しかし、一日中この作業をやり続けるのは流石に苦だった。無力さの中にも上達している喜びを感じながら飽き始めてきたところで新しい仕事がでてきた。鉄の棒を曲げ、ワイヤーでつなぎ、柱にする作業。作業が増えたことによって、交代したりしながら作業をはじめ、効率がどんどんあがった。穴が堀り終わると、作った柱をたて、穴にセメントを入れる作業もでてきた。セメントを作り、バケツリレーで穴まで運ぶ。仕事が増え、楽しみも増え、手にはまめができ、血まみれにもなった。休憩中に集まる子供も増えて私たちも子供に戻ったかのように遊んだ。鬼ごっこなんてやったのはいつぶりだろう。
Effort (Day8-Last day of build)As we all get used to the work, we worked more than our best. Seeing the finished 1.2㎡ hole, post standing in that hole, and cement in that hole, we felt that we were able to “help” the work. The powerlessness that we felt first day was gone at that time. In the afternoon, farewell party. Local people thanked us, and we thanked them. Kids danced for us, and we sang for them. We took pictures and said bye. We all wished to work more.
作業に慣れてくるにつれ、自分のベスト以上に頑張った。穴を掘り終えてポールを立てて、その中のセメントが固まったのを見たとき、作業初日に感じた無力さは欠片もみせなかった。午後はお別れ会。現地の人々、私たちもお互いにありがとうといい、現地の子供達は踊ってくれて私たちは歌をプレゼントした。写真をとり、バイバイと手を振った。もっと作業したかった。
