Trip leader Duane Hershberger returned to Romania less than a year after his previous build, for a week spent on the work site alongside partner-families and volunteers from the local community. The “international year” kicked off in Jucu with a special event: our first team of Global Builders of the year worked alongside Romanian volunteers … Read more

Our worksite welcomes volunteers with all degrees of experience – but when we get a team with lots of on-the-ground experience, that becomes visible since the foreman assigns the day’s jobs. From day one to the very last, the team led by M.B. Yantz showed dedication and enthusiasm, adapting effortlessly to every situation—and proving that … Read more

October gave us the opportunity to host two more volunteer teams from the U.S, and the first, led by Jolene Hartwick, made lots of progress on our newest project, duplex no 12, whose foundations we had poured earlier in the year. With ages ranging from 36 to 78, Jolene, Kicab, Marta, Brenda, Suanne, Kathleen, Janet, … Read more

Thirteen’s the charm: a trip of 13 Global Builders led by Duane Hershberger in the beginning of September helped us finish works on duplexes 9 and 12. On our work site, work on various buildings is staggered to ensure continuous workflow, as well as a variety of tasks available at any given time. Duane’s team … Read more

Ten volunteer teams from Romania worked in Jucu from May to August, and as summer drew to an end it was time for Global Builders to rejoin our efforts in building affordable housing in Romania’s most expensive real estate market. Scott Lyle, for the first time in Cluj, The team bonded over a trip to … Read more

After the initial trip leader had to withdraw for health reasons, Nancy Slocum stepped in to lead a brilliant team of volunteers for a trip so good, it needed to happen. The future home for the Călean and Bereschi families, as well as the yard where their children will play, are now taking shape thanks … Read more

In 2023, Staci Summers told us she’ll be back in Jucu with a new team, after helping us built duplex no 9 for the Bica and Rus families. This year, she’s back with 9 other volunteers building the future of the Călean and Bereschi families. One more thing – Staci told us that, after more … Read more

The year 2024 is off to a strong start thanks to the work of two local teams in February and March, followed at the beginning of April by our first Global Builders of the year. Kim, Beth, Bo, Jill, Susan, Brent, David started off the week with masonry work – assembling wall frames to be … Read more

The coordinator of the Fuller Center’s Global Builders program, Tiffany Ellis, led her own team to Cluj, bringing 20 volunteers to help on the worksite of the Britta Sofia non-profit housing community. During the work week, Global Builders were hard at work trenching. There always seems to be something to dig in Jucu, and this … Read more

Work is quickly progressing on the future homes of the Călean and Bereschi families, with help from 8 US Global Builders led by Jon Schultz, all at their first build in Cluj. Bravely facing the summer heat, volunteers did lots of trenching for the water & sewer lines leading up to duplex no 11 in … Read more