That was certainly the case on the weekend when more than 100 volunteers signed up with BlazeAid at Wingham Showground to help fire affected farmers.

A large percentage of the volunteers were from a Brazilian community in Sydney, many with a trade background.

Split into small teams, the 104 volunteers were dispatched to help repair fences on 26 different properties across the region including at Bobin, Killabakh, Hillville and Johns River.

Their efforts have put the BlazeAid work at least two months ahead.

Mick Campbell opened the gates of his Old Bar property on Friday night for the new arrivals and their tents.

He was moved by the generosity and enthusiasm of the helpers.

"They sang Everything's gonna be alright," he said.

"I got goosebumps."

He was further moved by the skill and speed with which they worked.

"I can't believe how much they got done. They've completed 42 days of work in one day."

Part of the success of the weekend may have been down to the trade experience of some of the volunteers.

But that wasn't always the case.

Ana Gabriela Laverde was in an all female team who between them had little to no hands-on experience with fencing. Nor did they have proper tools. They were tasked to help a 92-year-old farmer who was struggling to contain his horses since fires damaged his Koorainghat property.

Luckily they had the assistance of Flavia Teixeira, an Illawarra Tafe teacher of carpentry and joinery. Flavia is also the vice president of the organisation SALT - Supporting And Linking Tradeswomen and has volunteered to help communities affected by natural disasters in the past.

With Flavia's skills and the willingness to get the job done by the rest of the women, the team of six installed 400m of fencing on Saturday.

BlazeAid's Warren Parish and his wife Frances were on the ground at the showground organising the teams.

"The farmers have been very grateful," Warren said.

The Brazilian group were heading back to Sydney on Monday but new volunteers are arriving all the time.

There is still much do of course and Warren anticipates BlazeAid will be dispatching volunteers until June next year.

They'll operate seven days a week and the only time they won't be helping will be Christmas Day.

Then the teams will have a feast.

And they're hoping to invite the farmers.

If you want to help by volunteering for BlazeAid, or you're a farmer in need of assistance, call BlazeAid's Chris and John Male on 0418 745994 or 0488 414368.