New Opportunities

This week started off with the guys changing the method of how we were mixing concrete to go back to the Kenyan way. With their method they put 9 wheelbarrows of sand and 18 wheelbarrows of stone in one pile then put three 50 kg bags of cement on top and pour water on a little bit of it mix that little bit together and put it in the wheelbarrow. It makes for a very inconsistent mix, some wheelbarrow are all water and stone, others are just sand and cement. After that mix, it was back to retrain them how we would be mixing for the rest of the project. One bag per pile mixed with sand stone cement and water all the way through at one time. Unfortunately we did not finish the pour Monday.

Tuesday we were able to finish the footers before lunch. It was so nice to have a self leveling laser to use to make sure the concrete was being poured nice and level. The rest of the day was spent bringing bricks closer to the building so that they would be ready to go on Wednesday. The road also needed some attention before more deliveries would be coming in so it was a good day to so some repairs on it.

Wednesday morning was spent laying out walls and putting down lines for the masons to fallow. The two ten by ten offices came up three courses today and have been back filled.

Thursday is when we found a new opportunity, upon arriving at the site I was told that there was no water. Apparently the kids at the primary school next door were doing some digging and hit the mater line. The water lines around here are in very shallow ground and are just very thin light PVC, so a child with a jembe could easily destroy it. The water company had been notified and were suppose to send someone out that day. I knew that there would be no point to keep the guys there with no water because we wouldn't get anything done. I sent them home for the day and planned on getting to town to find windows and doors before they were needed.

Friday still no water once again I had to send the guys home. With the day off I decided to go and make another visit to the orphanage that we constructed last year.