Medical Centre Update!

The front of the medical centre showing the veranda.

End view of the building.

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Septic tanks going in!.... probably not the most exciting photo!... but very necessary!

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It's exciting to see this project coming together. As you can see the concrete shell is complete and looking great!

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It's a good size building, Twelve metres by nine, with a waiting room, a room for the doctor to see their patients, two spare bedrooms for poorly children and their carers to stay in when needed. It will have a small kitchen, a bathroom and toilet and a veranda.

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It's been great to work alongside the guys building the medical centre, they are really enjoying this project and have kept up a good standard of workmanship throughout.

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I pick them up at 6.00 am so they don't have to walk the five miles from their homes to the orphanage. I then spend most of my time sourcing materials in Maputo, and generally keeping an eye on the job.

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We now have most of the roof trusses built and I'm back off to Maputo tomorrow with a lorry to pick up the roof material.

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It is good to see it taking shape so well.

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Meanwhile we are just putting the finishing touches to the new room at the orphanage, which will enable us to start to take more children in again!

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The Sun shade project

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The finished article!

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Trying to source some straight poles was a real challenge!

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The main frame goes up!

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The main structure built and time to put the kettle on!

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We now have another valuable addition to our buildings at the orphanage, a traditionally built sun shade, built from poles and local reeds.

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This is primarily for the children to play under, when it's either too hot out side or when it,s raining. It is already being well used. It's cool under the thick thatch of reeds, and with open sides the breeze brings additional cooling, especially at this time of year, when temperatures are regularly up in the late 30's

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Steve, Oliver, Ked and myself put in several days getting the main frame put up, then we employed local builders to come in and do the thatching.

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The building looks great now, and has put a great feel to the place, a big thank you to Steve and Paula who have funded this project for us.

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