New Classroom Block. November 2009_Updates

The initial setup of the new classroom block started on Thursday when the contractor moved in the school premises.

In the attached foto, the workers can be seen marking the places that mark the columns and the foundation of the classroom block.

We have already received the list of material that they require for the initiation of the project and on Tuesday we will be going to Botswana to purchase the requested material.

In the foto, the workers can be seen digging the columns and the foundation for the classroom block and they said that by mid next week they will finish and will immediatly commence pouring the concrete footing and the columns.

We are therefore racing in this week against time to supply all the required material and the challenge we have is the reinforcement steel that we have to import from Southe Africa. However the contractor has promised that they can supply us with anything that we need and we sign an agreement and then give back when we have our supply since they are a big company they usually keep material.


In the foto, the workers can be seen offloading the river sand at the school and in these days they do an average of between 7 to 9 loads per day and each load in about 4,5 tonnes. To date we now have a total of more than 150 tonnes hence we are not far away from the initial required target of 200 tonnes for the bases and the foundation.