A sudden woodworking project at Unionville High School kept students busy for three days, but the results of their work will bring rest to the people of Tunisia for many nights.

Students in the technology education class assembled wooden frames to hold 45 hospital beds inside a 40-foot shipping container bound for the African nation, according to a Southern Chester County Weeklies report by Fran Maye.

“This mission is lifesaving,” Kathy Hrenko of West Grove’s Project C.U.R.E. said. “The countries where these supplies go have little to no resources.”

The genesis for the Unionville High partnership was a presentation by Hrenko to the Longwood Rotary Club, and Unionville-Chadds Ford Superintendent John Sanville was in attendance.

C.U.R.E. fills three or four such containers with medical relief supplies every week, and the bed bracket project was a great introduction to humanitarian aid for the Unionville students.

“This is the first time I made a bed frame bracket and the first time using a nail gun,” student Mike Cresta said. “It took a rhythm to get the hang of it. It was a learning experience, while doing something great for the community.”

Read more about the project from Southern Chester County Weeklies here.