The new Orchard

The week has come to an end and there is great progress with the construction of the school. The partitions on the first floor are almost complete as eight classes have already been partitioned, with all the windows and door frames in the passage in their respective positions.

In the pic a worker can be seen painting the final stage in one of the bedrooms in the guest house, they are concurrently working on the classroom block as well as the guest house. The guest house is just left with the finishings especially in the bathrooms they are fitting the curtain rails, toilet paper rolls, soap trays, mirrors and other small fittings.

Next week all the roofing material should be at the site and we are right on time with the contractor as they do not want to be delayed. According to the plan and the set target, the classroom block is scheduled to be complete by the end of July but the contractor says in the venet that all the material is available without delays then they will finish even before the end of June.

At the moment, schools are closed here and all the children are on holiday, some of the oratory children are coming to the site to help Sr Antonietta and Sr Luisa with the following :

* New orchard - there is a portion on the site that has been reserves for fruit trees and to date several fruit trees have been successfully planted and these include; mango, banana, paw paw, guava and many other exotic and wild fruits. In the pic Guava tree in the orchard



Sr Antonietta preparing the orchard ready to plant other trees






This is a tree called Acacia and it is an exotic tree, to date there is a total of 29 trees that have been planted successfully and are growing quite well





One of the oratory children about to plant a wild fruit tree, this tree bears some fruits which are like chewing gums and they are so good.

* New vegetable garden - there is yet another portion within the school complex that has been reserved for vegetables and to date they have green vegetables that are a staple food for Zimbabwe (those who have been to Zimbabwe have had the taste of this green vegetable that is really delicious especially served with meat, so those who have never been here, you can come have the taste of the vegetable). The are also onions, tomatoes, cabbages and other greens.

* Flowers - several flowers and other bushes have been also planted around the school yard and the guest house and they are all colorful.