NCB Group and Acts of Random Kindness Cayman (ARK Cayman) are delighted to announce the completion of their partnered, and entirely privately funded, Tiny Home project for Miss Marva Bodden, who tragically lost her long-time home and possessions in a fire during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a collaboration that leveraged resources, services, industry partnerships, and extensive man-hours from one of Cayman’s leading property developers, NCB Group’s contributions to the project saved ARK Cayman an estimated $70,000.00 of funding. Further savings were made through contributions from key industry players, including significant cash donations from 1503 Property Group and Artex Risk Solutions Ltd, the Tiny Home architect drawings template from Arco Architectural Services, and interior furniture from DMS Broadcasting.

Earlier this week, the project was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Miss Marva at her new home, attended by dignitaries, project partners, and members of the press.

“Miss Marva is a well-loved member of the Cayman community, and her story has touched the lives of many,” said Tara Nielsen, Director of ARK Cayman. “We’re so happy to welcome her into her new home and extend our deepest gratitude to all who contributed to the project’s success. We hope our community and industry partnerships inspire other organisations to support future projects in similar ways.”

“We are incredibly proud to have created meaningful change for Miss Marva and to support future recipients of ARK initiatives with the funds saved now allocated to other projects,” said Matthew Wight, Managing Director of NCB Group. “It was important for us to ensure that anything outside of our cash donation was done at cost value to help the non-profit in the future.”

A nod to yesteryear as Matthew Wight fondly remembers Miss Marva serving popcorn in the old cinema. 

Founded in 2006, ARK Cayman is a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting community members in crisis. To date, the organisation has helped hundreds of vulnerable people through its Tiny Home and CASA home improvement projects.

NCB Group is a vertically integrated company with ten service lines, all sharing the mission of ‘Building with Cayman’s future in mind’. The building of Miss Marva’s Tiny Home and support for ARK Cayman were driven by the group’s ‘Corporate Giving Policy’—an annual commitment to create a lasting impact within the Cayman Islands community.

ARK Cayman and NCB Group also extend special thanks to the following organisations and industry partners for their volunteer hours, financial contributions, and building materials, which helped keep construction costs low:

Abernethy and Associates, AL Thompson, Andy Adapa, Betterbuilt, BLU energy, Bon Vivant, Builder Wholesale, C.I. Precast, Cayman Building Supplies, Cayman Electrical Supply Ltd., Cox Lumber Ltd., CSDI, DAC, Ecay Trade, Elite Marble and Granite, FastSigns, Fire Extinguisher Pros, Flowers Group, Godfrey Variety Store, Grand Studio, Growing beauty, IWC, JNB Distributors, Kirk Concrete, Kleanviva, KRK Imports, Massive Group, Millstone, Prado Construction, TCE Paint Shop, Tri-Island, Tropic Taps and Watler & Hislop.

Photo by Mark Chen, Grand Studio

To learn more about Miss Marva’s story and the incredible work by ARK Cayman, visit www.arkcayman.org  or watch the video documentary.