Roofing is ordered!

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 🙂

  

Foundation being formed

Off to buy a truck load of pebbles for the foundation.

 

Pebbles are hand shoveled onto the truck. No bobcat to scoop them up and load them.

Most everything is done by hand.

Two different sizes pebbles were purchased.

2 truck loads of larger pebbles — $230

1 truck load of smaller pebbles — $414

Emanuel commented that they got a new road because of the trucks!

First piece of hand machinery I have seen. The machine is compressing the foundation land.

A tank of water was brought for making cement.

12 liters of water — $110

100 bags of cement — $551

Emanuel is keeping meticulous records.

And I double check it on my excel program 🙂

And so it begins: Supplies purchased, delivered and ground is broken!!!

Monday, September 11th

Emanuel and Arlene go to the bank, and then to the store to purchase supplies.

Tuesday, September 12th

The purchased supplies of sand and bricks (cement blocks) are delivered to the site.

Items delivered and costs:

Bricks 2000 — $1,378

Cement 100 bags — $551 

Steel 50 pieces, 10mm — $264, Steel 30 pieces, 6mm — $76, Binding wire 10 pieces — $14

Nails — $15

2 truck loads of sand — $368

Transportation — $18

Emanuel has to pay in cash each day the bills for the day. He is keeping fabulous records!