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.

Tuesday 6 November 2007

Business as usual

After all the thrills of this last weekend business is now back to normal.

Yesterday the thatchers managed to grass another long section of the courtyard. Quite impressive! It gives me hope that maybe we are finally on the right track for completion!

This morning they were working on the exterior of the sae section but the weather is not in our side. Who now seems to be on our side is the contractor. We met early to discuss what will be the next steps for completion. We have 4 weeks and I want to see the building finished before I leave. It was agreed that he would order and organize all the materials we still need to complete the building by the end of the week!

The people that I had asked Friday to come and fix the Pump have finally shown up, and by the end of the day the pump should be working again.
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