exploring the faculty for materials and basic needs

I never could imagine that building a shack was so much about discussing, explaining, suggesting and so forth. For us, fresh ones in the world of slum and its construction, we've spend almost an entire day on talking and planning. Later that day, I wondered wheter squatters would made up a kind of strategy, an invasion plan and so forth, or that they have already enough experience that nothing has to be said or planned ?Or perhaps that they even wouldn't find the time or place to think about such an approach different then the one they grew up with? For sure that for us, with a huge storage nearby, it was much easier to find materials for the construction of our future homes. Although we also experienced the typical cop attitude towards us that made it more diffuclt to snatch some materials out of the garbage bin. Strange actually, how people can become so defensive about trash when they are aware that a certain person or group shows interest in it.Eventually, we gathered a lot of materials. Some, like cardboard and wood, could be used as floors and walls. Others, like plastics and canvas, were more appropriate as roofs or insulation. We already thought about the applications of the materials, but only when finally the real building part of this workshop begun, it turned out that one material has much more applications then discussed in the beginning. As the day passed by, and our shacks became more complete and sometimes even furnished, I again got hit with hopes of questions and thoughts. Although through the workshop, I became more aware of the difficulties that squatters have to overcome. But it eventually led in the notion of other dificulties and therefore raised more questions. We, for example, build our shacks in about 6 hours, 100 or 200 meters away from our storage point that also facilitated in our basi needs. But in most cases, squatters don't have the possibility to encounter a kind dumpster full with precious materials that could be taken for free, and is also offering drinking water and toilets. Left alone a wonderfull place to build their homes close by, without interfering from any governmental force! Even some of the groups, with all those privileges, barely managed to built the shack on time. Probably, because none of us had experience in this field. But I couldn't resist the thought about the squatters and their tremendous perseverance, getting thwart by lots of aspects, and still persisting on that one important issue; building a house for them and their families. I think that nobody of us can claim that he or she knows how it feels to fight all the time for the right to exist and to be left alone in peace, and for me it's even very difficult trying to understand their situation and feelings, left alone that I can speak of experiencing it.