The wheel on the school bus needs to be replaced our trusty Chungu informs Emmanuel.
Category: Construction
The roof is ON!
Emmanuel wrote this on his Facebook post about the school.
I give a lots of thanks to my God for everything, I have never thought that one day I could manager a big project like that, it’s a blessing from God, proud of you Husby family💪🏻💪🏻👨❤️👨👨❤️👨
I give thanks that God connected him to me, and with many hands, through Jesus, this continues to move forward!
Up to date list of itemized costs
Emmanuel sends me itemized bookkeeping all done on paper. I put the expenses on a spread sheet. My son, Erik, helped me organize it. This list includes everything from the start of the project in Sept. 2017 to this April 2018. This includes a school building with 4 large 24 x 24 feet rooms fully finished inside and outside, a washroom for girls and boys, a water tower, a cistern, trees and shrubs planted, a play set, desks, school bus, legal paperwork to government, paying the teachers, buying books and supplies, food for children and teachers.
Total $67,029.55
The roof framing is done on building number 2
Wood framing is complete on our second school building. Baring any rain, metal roof will be next! It amazes me how fast they work. The wood was purchased April 10th and the framing was completed on the 15th, with a few rain days in-between.
This is the book work Emanuel does for me. This is a detailed list of items needed and purchased for the new wood roofing frame you see.
Wood 6 x 2 width – Total 490.0 meters – Price each 4,800 = 2,352,000 tsh = $1,062.69
Wood 4 x 2 width 960.0 meters -Price each 2,900 = 2,784,000 tsh= $1,257.88
Wood 3 x 2 width 110 meters – Price each 12,500=1,375,000 tsh= $621.26
Fisherboard 1 x 8 width 175.9 meters – Price each 5,500= 967,450 tsh = $437.12
Nails for wood setting 53 kg 5 159,000= $71.84
45 kg 4 135,000 =$61.00
Steel for wood fixing 80,000= $36.15
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Grand total 7,852,450 tsh or $3,547.93 usd
Construction continues, and the rains are good for the school crops!
Wood frames are rented to make the doors and windows.
Our groundsman, Chungu, has been creating a road lines with white painted rocks for our school bus route on the grounds.
7 hours away, on fertile soil, we are growing school crops of maize and beans to feed our school 5 months from planting.
First building construction costs and start of second building
As the walls begin to take shape, I wanted to tally what supplies went into the first school building and washroom building. Thanks to Emanuel Boaz’s detailed book keeping, I can view every charge, and the project costs are very transparent.
First school building–3600 cement blocks @ 1500 tsh or .68 cents =$2,448 usd
Washroom building–2000 cement blocks @ 1500 tsh or .68 cents =$1,360 usd
613 bags of cement @ 12,000 tsh to 14,500 tsh per bag or $5.42-$6.55 per bag =$3613 usd
6 loads of sand @ 400,000 tsh each=$180 =$1080 usd
7 loads of moram @ 250,000 tsh each=$114=$798 usd
2 loads of pebbles @ 900,000 tsh each=$407=$814 usd
3 loads of sand @ 150,000 tsh each=$68=$201 usd
1 load of rocks for washroom hole @ 100,000 tsh=$45 usd
Brown metal roof with wood supports: $7,848 usd ($3,645 for wood/nails, $3,300 for roofing sheets, $903 to install)
Painting of school plus paint: $1,472 (Paint $795 and labor $677)
Glass for windows, contractor payment and attaching: $903 usd
Steel related items: $2,159 usd
Contractor payment for all the labor: $4,224 usd
GRAND TOTAL for 4 classrooms and washroom = $26,965
Last year, we estimated $20,000 for a
2-classroom building and washrooms. Instead we built a 4-classroom building and washrooms.
I think we built a lot for our dollars!
