Updates

2020 Plant Sale was a HUGE success!

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The below video summarizes the sale from start to finish.

  • Started sowing seeds in February
  • Friends come to support the sale!
  • Friends volunteered to help and made the sale a success!
  • Grew 1560 plants indoor including 267 tomatoes.
  • Videll and I gave the sale a thumbs up!
  • Plants were grown upstairs, main floor, and basement!
  • We took time out of the day to celebrate my friend Sharon’s birthday!
  • Started in the garden April 5th. Snow flurries did not deter me!
  • Friends volunteered to help and made the sale a success!
  • They put in countless hours.
  • My “dream team” was the BEST!!!
  • Each day they cheerfully came and made the two months of work enjoyable.
  • Demonstarted to Sharon how 2260 hosta divisions were made last September.
  • 626 pots of daylilies were neatly organized.
  • Together we potted up over 6000 plants!
  • Snack break!
  • Setting up for the sale.
  • Sande kept the plants watered.
  • Linda gave the plants a fresh haircut!
  • The yard was set for the sale.
  • Signs were placed around the neighborhood.
  • Sales were brisk!
  • Friends come to support the sale!
  • Videll and I gave the sale a thumbs up!
  • Sylvia showed off the masks for sale, made by my friend Kathy in Texas.
  • We took time out of the day to celebrate my friend Sharon’s birthday!
  • Sande and Sharon helped me after the sale to reorganize the remaining 1300 plants.
  • Thank you everyone for your support. We will soon start this final school building.
  • THANK YOU!!!

Two-Story 6 Room School Building

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BUILDING SUPPLIESTZ moneyUSD money
Frame68631600$29,621
Stairs2072000$894
Walling20432000$8,818
Doors and Gates4761100$2,055
Windows7560000$3,263
Roofing17172050$7,411
Finishing9134250$3,942
Painting and Decorating6905000$2,980
Electrical installation8607281$3,715
145275281$62,700
GENERAL SUMMARY
Building Supplies – detailed above145275281$62,700
Transport charges5000000$2,158
Payment of skilled labor2000000$863
Payment of supervisor, overhead and adminstration3000000$1,295
Labor charge of casual laborers72000000$31,075
227275281$98,090USD
Thank you everyone for your support. We will soon start this final school building.

The road literally washed out in the recent rains. Immediate help was needed!

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Donors stepped up and supplied the funds to fix the road.  8 truck loads of dirt are added, but that is not the total solution. Our buses get stuck in loose dirt. Larger rocks are needed.
Where should we find these larger rocks?
How about finding these larger rocks right on our school grounds.
Large rocks from the school grounds are moved to the road.
8 truckloads of smaller rocks are added to the school grounds.
Now the children are able to play and not get hurt on the big rocks. With the smaller rocks in place, when the rains come, the ground will not be all mud.
We are dubbing this the ‘Wright Road Improvement Project’, as three donors were instrumental in funding this vital need. Thank you Bruce, Gary and Sylvia!

January rains have made the school roads very bad, and our school yard a muddy mess.

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More truck loads of rocks are needed for the road and the school grounds. Each truck load costs $150. We need at least 6 loads of rocks.

The school environment will someday look much better. We have hopes and dreams to make it look very beautiful and not be all mud and rocks!

The rainy season is challenging! There is so much mud that is brought into the classroom.