Day 8 – 12 ~ Project Phase

Our project phase task was to finish building a teachers house we met Justin, the project co-ordinater who briefed us up about what our project involved; plastering walls, concreating the floor and painting boards for the roof. Our project got off to a slow start as marerials had to be ordered in. Once the materials arrived though we were all eager to get stuck in. We assisted the masons with mixing cement (no machind in sight) and other jobs where we were needed. We were also getting stuck into paining and completed all the 26 boards and timber needed to put the roof up. Although we felt as though we weren’t doing an awful lot, we kept reminding ourselves that we were the reason the skilled masons were there and without our group the work wouldn’t be completed. Our working days at project began at 8am and finished about 4pm. This allowed for time in the evenings to interact with some of the resident school children. It was great getting to know people our own age. We made some great friends like Irene, Lightness, Happiness and Maria who we will always remember. We also celebrated Laura’s birthday on project where we attempted to bake a cake on the open fire by steaming it in two trangea pots. It turned out very like fudge cake but it was a great treat aswell as the marshmallows we toasted on the fire.

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