This week the builders are pulling up the walls of the classes. It is a great feeling when standing in this unfinished classroom and sense the nice space and the wall 2 wall windows. Soon we will put the plaster on the walls and the roof on the top. For more,Click Here
The work continues bit-by-bit as we struggle to keep up with the builders. Most of the waiting is on the 2 tipping-trucks that are hauling all the rocks to fill the rest of the foundation. By now there are about 100+ lorry loads of rocks in the foundation and we estimate that we will need…
Project progress Wk42-2010 Today you can see the strong boys from the neighborhood through the heavy stones in to the foundation. The builders are eagerly waiting for them to finish because they want to start on the concrete slap. Most likely the builders will pour the concrete slap this next week. Take a look at…
This week the builders have gone far with the building of the foundation walls. It is being plastered and the columns are filled with concrete to prepare the filling of those walls with rock. You can see more pictures on our project progress page. Link: http://www.heart4children.org/en/what-we-do/project-progress.htm
The work on the School Block continues… After casting all the footing of the columns, the work continues on the walls of the foundation. In the meantime the driver is working marathon as the foundation needs 140 truckloads of rock to fill… Please check out the project progress page for a panorama picture. Link: http://www.heart4children.org/en/what-we-do/project-progress.htm…
On Saturday the 18th of September 2010 ,we had the pleasure of casting the first bit of the new school building after Prayer was offered by Children & Staff. First we asked the children what people usually do when they start on the foundation. They were quick to answer that they kill a child and…
We have placed a brand new page on the site which shows where we are on Google maps: http://www.heart4children.org/en/about-us/where-we-are.htm http://www.heart4children.org/en/about-us/where-we-are.htm Link: http://www.heart4children.org/en/about-us/where-we-are.htm For more, Click Here
While the normal school work is continuing, there is also a lot of work taking place behind the scenes… Every year we are working hard to make sure the next class has a place. And in the beginning this is not all that easy. This year we were happy to be able to get the…
Today (10-Nov-07) we have fitted our 9000 Liter/hour pump in the bore-hole. The villagers looked in amazement how all this water could come out of this small hole. Now they don’t have to climb the steep hill anymore to lift their 20 liter jerrycans up the slope. Surely, this was a terrible job. More so…
In preparation for the expected rain-season or wet season as some people prefer to call it, we have planted 100 traditional African trees.This is not a simple task when you have 25 acres of land, or should I call it rock because it is just solid volcanic rock with just some 30cm (1 foot) of…