Tag: School Building

Trucking in water has gotten expensive for how much they need to make the concrete. $405 usd has been spent on water and its delivery so far. The contractor suggested they dig their own storage unit or cistern  to hold 15,000 liters.  It will be 3 meters deep (9.8 feet) and 4 meters wide (about 13 feet.) Hopefully someday soon our own personal water line from the government water line will be built. That will cost $2000 to achieve, and there is some red tape involved, but it will get done. In the meantime, this sounds like a good idea to keep construction rolling along.

Building a cistern to store water for construction purposes. Water won’t be safe for drinking, but someday they will have safe water from a military tap. The military tap line is a $2000 expense, but will be well worth it, as it will provide safe water for the school children.

After the cistern was ready, water was delivered to it for construction purposes.

Door need glass and then will be ready to be hung

Preparing for the cement floors for the 4 classrooms. Sand, pebbles, cement bags and water will all be mixed together. 3 wheelbarrows and buckets are used to hand deliver the cement to the classrooms. Ground compressor was rented. That is the only piece of machinery I have seen so far. Old school work…HARD WORK!

Another truck load of sand delivered for the classroom floors.

Laying clay soil and pebbles in the rooms

Also today, Arlene and Emanuel went to the steel shop to purchase materials for the windows and doors.

$510 later they had supplies purchased, and one worker will work on site to fabricate the windows and doors. This will save money, Emanuel said.

I next get to be involved with the choice of colors for the school uniform sweaters that will cost maybe $9 each.

Some kids might not be able to afford the uniform cost, so that is where I hope we can help 

Emanuel takes Arlene shopping with him. She helps make sure good choices are picked for the school!

Roofing was ordered! It was a relatively big ticket item, $3,600 for the steel roof.  It will match the color of Ojwang’s home though, a dark brown. Very nice!
After the roof, the paint, the doors, glass windows, along with a water line. Of course furnishings are also being discussed.

The project is still amazingly affordable. What you see so far has cost $12,000. I sent for construction purposes $18,500, but the cash fund is dwindling and they still need to build washrooms, a lunchroom, supply furnishings and hire 3-4 teachers. I will need to infuse some more cash, as my plant sale isn’t until next May. The plan is to ultimately make the school fairly self sustaining. Of course, some children will need financial assistance, but we will figure out those costs after the infrastructure is completed. It is like the “field of dreams,” you build it and they will come! And there are a lot of children in this neighborhood who will come! They have already said so.

Please consider supporting financially this project. It will be making a huge difference for these kids. The school will be enrolling children in January, if all goes according to plan. This project has also given jobs to these workers, and that is awesome too!

Thank you!

I count about 12-13 workers. It is great to providing them a job as well!

And perhaps someday some of their children will attend the school their Dad helped build 🙂