BlazeAid volunteers have been working tirelessly in the Willawarrin area since the beginning of December to rebuild fences for farmers impacted by the Carrai East bushfire.
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The Willawarrin BlazeAid camp was opened on December 2 and there have been a total of 177 volunteers at the camp over the past month.
Camp Coordinator Natalie Trigwell said volunteers have been working hard to repair fence lines for fire-affected farmers.
"We've made a commitment to this area for the next six months. We've had almost 200 volunteers who are donating their time to help," she said.
"We want to ensure the Macleay is not forgotten and we want people to know this area still needs a lot of assistance to get back up and running again."
The Willawarrin BlazeAid team of volunteers have cleared a total of 28.8 kilometres of fencing that was damaged by the fire and have fenced 38.5 kilometres.
"Our teams are very spread out and have been sent all over the area to assist farmers."
The volunteers have completed fencing work on 57 properties in the Macleay Valley.
"The Australian Defence Force have secured us a bulldozer to help make properties more accessible for us and we are lucky enough to be getting 40 firefighters form the UK who will be helping us build fences and clear properties, they will be arriving in two weeks and will stay for six weeks," Natalie said.
"We always need more volunteers to help out, we don't want to be pulled out of the area because we don't have enough volunteers.
"There is a misconception that we're Government funded, but we're just a group of people who have donated their time to help out."
Kempsey Shire Council have also been a driving force behind the Willawarrin BlazeAid camp over the past month.
"Anything we've needed, council have been there to help us. They've been amazing," Natalie said.
"But the more volunteers we have, the better. It's a slow process, but we're here for the long term."
If anyone in the community would like to volunteer with BlazeAid, whether that be helping build fences or helping at the camp, contact Natalie on 0497 717 605 or call into the BlazeAid camp at the Willawarrin Pony Club.
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