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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