Tag: School Building
The walls grow!
Emmanuel gets in on the action!
8 pieces of wood for setting — $26
More steel and nails — $32
Renting 80 pieces of wood for foundation — $55
More bricks were purchased for .69 cents each.
Foundation bricks are being cemented into place
Emanuel’s oldest brother, Amani, is helping mix and ready cement for the workers.
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
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 🙂
Pebbles arrive and are added to the foundation
No photos today, but I was told pebbles arrived and were added to the foundation. Â Emmanuel reflected on the progress and wrote this Facebook message.
Ground is broken!
Wednesday, September 13th, the land is officially cleared, and ready for construction. Â Ground is broken for the school!!!
Environment Clearance — $69
11 workers today
Contractor payment for digging — $184, which comes to no more than $15 a day for each worker.
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 — $551Â
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!
