A Productive Time at School!

Time has flown recently and there is a lot happening at the school right now! Our three volunteers are almost done painting all the new classrooms for grades 4–6, plus a large extra room that we envision becoming a great activity room for music, reading, painting, dancing, and other activities. Doors and window shutters are going up as the painting progresses.

We have also built a small outdoor hall for the preschool children. Previously, pupils left their shoes in a pile outside the door, which became soaking wet in the rain every day – resulting in colds, blisters, and dirty or damaged shoes. We have now built a roof just outside the door, and we will also add a small cement platform and hooks for hanging school bags.

The lawnmower has been used a few times by our caretakers at the school, and they beam with pride as they drive it, or when they cycle into the village to buy petrol or oil. A lawnmower will of course be an ongoing cost in our monthly budget, but the time and energy we save make it worthwhile every time.

One thing we should have thought of when building the school is that we need a storage hall. This construction has come together quickly thanks to all the time saved now that our workers no longer spend entire days cutting the grass. And now they are busy building shelving systems in our large storage room!