Up! Up! And away…

March 9th at 9pm I will fly out and the mission will begin. As a case study for finishing my diploma at FAUP (Porto Architectural School), I've decided to volunteer and join A4A (Architects for Aid) in one of their humanitarian architecture projects. The projected on which I've been assigned is the construction of the LCCU (Lesotho Children Counseling Unit) centre in Lesotho. The building has been halted and an assessment, survey and new proposal and program will be drawn up in order that the building might finish to be built. Once this is completed a second trip will be organized and I'll be overseeing the building on site. The objective of this blog is to keep record of the work that is being done, both for the benefit of the members of A4A in London, FAUP to whom I'll also be reporting, my own record as well as friends and family that might want to know what I'm up to. Please comment on any post that you have an opinion, as this will undoubtedly help me in the completion of my thesis. Disclaimer: The information displayed on this site has not been previously edited or checked by any A4A staff and I'm the sole responsible for it's contents. A4A or any of the other involved organizations are not to be hold responsible on any account for what is published on this blog.

Sunday 14 October 2007

Stepping out!

I must admit that I was too nervous to even think about going to site yesterday, but today as I arrived I noticed the steps were not quite right!

Looking at them they are drifting “slightly” to the courtyard, although I know that they will not fall in, I had to ask them to change them! I hope that by tomorrow, once they have been adjusted it will be a bit less noticeable…

Well it was not that bad from a distance but up close it was quite appalling!

But whilst I waited for Ntate Sello to return so that we could have a final agreement on that matter I decided to help out the women who where sorting and tidying up the thatch. As it happened there were 3 of them carrying it all the way from the sorting ground (at the entrance of our site) to the office room (now converted into a store room) and there were 3 wheelbarrows just sitting there…

With a little organization we manage to set up an assembly line and that little task progressed better and with a lot less effort! If only all our problems where this easy to solve!
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