My son, Robby and his girlifriend Allyce have been here a fortnight now and are really enjoying themselves. Robbie has been helping me with the roof and Allyce is helping training the mammas who will be our carers and their kids with their lessons.
She wants to be a primary teacher so this is a good opportunity for her.
I finally got the plywood I needed to build the roof for the children's village so I started that 2 weeks ago. The ply's pretty crap quality here so the engineer and architect have given me a fixing technique that will help it from de-laminating and it is working well. Plywood beams go off they are crazy strong even with this inferior product.
The trusses I'm making are 15 mtrs long and it takes 15 men minimum to place them
It is by far the most epic thing I have built, especially 'cause there are no cranes and everything needs to be done by hand. Not to add that I don't have any carpenters or builders to help me! But Corky, Nick and Robby are seriously capable and have been making a huge difference to progress. The locals are really spinning out now at the super-structure we are building. After we lifted the first beams the other day
they told me that I had "diamonds in my brain" to be able to think of all of this and make it work (now that they can finally see how big the roof is and how much water it will catch.)
I couldn't take all the glory so I explained to them that the architect and engineer are the ones who design it an make it work ,we are just building it off their design ,and they are the ones with the "diamonds in their heads"
Although it was still nice for them to be able to see now how it will all work and have a bit of faith in what we are doing.
When I first started working with them, 6 months ago and I was setting out all the 600 diameter holes for the piers They thought I was mad. Then when I started setting out the 2 meter round holes for the tanks one of them said " they sure do build stuff different in Europe "
This cracked me up but also made me realise they haven't seen anything like what we are doing… they’re going to be so proud of what they’ve helped build, when it’s all finished.
Disclaimer: This is a personal blog. The occasionally bizarre and always passionate rantings, ravings, views and opinions expressed here represent those of the author who is sometimes in a state of bewilderment and at other times in bliss as she travels on her FWS journey. Obviously, the author's sentiments are not always those held by foodwatershelter incorporated, but we indulge her none the less - for your reading pleasure.
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