Shar­lene Ram­per­sad

With a team of 14 men work­ing around the clock, the Seecha­ran fam­i­ly is hop­ing their new home would be com­plet­ed be­fore Christ­mas Day.

The fam­i­ly lost their home and all of their be­long­ings to a fire on De­cem­ber 11. Through the gen­eros­i­ty of the Ricky Raghu­nanan Group of Com­pa­nies, con­struc­tion on their new home has al­ready start­ed at Clax­ton Bay.

The fire left Robin Seecha­ran, 59, a truck dri­ver, his wife Raquel Bab­wah, 38, a house­wife and their sev­en chil­dren home­less.

As she looked on at the con­struc­tion yes­ter­day, Raquel's joy seemed to have stolen her words. With her three youngest chil­dren around her, all she could say was, "I just so hap­py."

The joy on the faces of the chil­dren seemed to spurn the men to work faster.

Job su­per­vi­sor Ram­sook Ra­moutar told the T&T Guardian they are hop­ing com­plete the house by to­mor­row.