Updates

Not safe to have the electrical pole right in front of the school.

The pole is moved off behind the school.

Wood has been a fairly expensive item, $2,530. I am not surprised, as wood does not seem to be too plentiful there.

This is not an inclusive tally, but will give you an overview of prices and items purchased and how many.

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.

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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.