Do yourself a favor and watch this: HAITIAN RECONSTRUCTION in progress. I promise a weekend treat

[Mira]

These are a tribute to the human spirit, to inventiveness, to perseverance, and to their domination over adversity.

Additionally, after watching them I thought of the Incas with their humongous stacking of stones, and he Egyptians, with their humongous pyramids,
and still did not know how they did them, but I got a glimpse of what they were about, as shown by the Haitians today.


THE BRICKS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vDc5ZaZlTg

THE BUCKETS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHuxdZ88Xfo&NR=1

and my personal favorite

SHOVELING

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ah2II6pwZg

[lunatica]

1. Thanks for posting this!

I hope they're getting paid to work too.

[Suich]

2. Amazing! Absolutely amazing!

If someone had told me what they were doing, I wouldn't have believed it!

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[handmade34]

3. Mira - that is a delight

reminds me of myself when I was young and spry :-) of course I have always been a sucker for hard manual labor...

[Mira]

4. You are making me LOLoud - but LOL aside

I think these little videos are a heart warming tribute to the people of Haiti, and examples of the human spirit, endurance and innovation.

[tabatha]

5. Wow!

Those bricks are incredibly heavy.

And they don't need electricity - it is all human watts.

Fantastic!

[Historic NY]

6. No body can call them lazy...the brick guy just slays me.

[KakistocracyHater]

7. better than tents

I hope they are able to build earthquake-resistant buildings. I was thinking puzzle-piece bricks might be less prone to fall.

[Scurrilous]

8. K & R

:thumbsup:

[quiet.american]

9. K&R and bookmarked. nt

[Spurt]

10. Misleading

Fine vids they are but they are not from Haiti.
The brick carrier is in Bangladesh and the other two are from Sth Africa.

These vids have been around for ages and some fool has reposted them and misrepresented the locations.

Cheers