Among those helping to build the structure were Abu's friends, Internet pals, and several complete strangers. There was a housewife from Taipei, an engineer from the Hsinchu Science Park, a teacher from Hualien, and some self-employed people. They had signed up after reading on the Internet about this "working vacation" in which they would pool their efforts to construct the building.
來幫忙蓋屋的，包括他的朋友、網友和許多素昧平生的人，有台北來的家庭主婦、竹科工程師、花蓮老師、自由工作者，都是在網路上看到這次協力造屋「工作假期」的消息報名而來。