Well, not quite but we did make a good start at it! And if we had had a few extra pairs of hands we would have!Camille and I spent all our day at the QEII hospital helping Liau (a volunteer from the Lerotholy polytechnic that accepted my invitation to come and help us on this project) build the playground! It was exhausting but fun! By lunch time we had already managed to set out all the tyres and pour crushed stone over then.
By the way, the playground, which we fought long time for is a simple, concrete slab on a crushed stone sub-base, with a tyre fence. It is quite simple but I think the children will actually like it once it becomes operational.
So as I was saying, by lunch we had already managed to make our sub-base and placed all the tyres in the right positions. In the afternoon, we started pouring concrete, but not even with the help of two of Liau’s friends (thank you so much for your help, all of you, hope to see you on Monday) we managed to finish the concrete.
Monday we will restart and finish this process. Then, next Thursday the children that will visit the clinic will be invited to paint a tyre! It will be a nice moment and it will contribute to sense of ownership of the place!
Although we didn’t manage to finish it today, I learnt a lot about construction, about pouring and levelling concrete, about making smooth, and about the way that some people are actually willing to give back to the community all that they have received!
more pictures of the construction click here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/pck.clarke/PlayQEII
http://picasaweb.google.com/pck.clarke/PlayQEII
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