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.

Saturday, 9 June 2007

Day off

I took a day off today. There haven’t been many days that I haven’t worked but to day was one of them.

After a week when we were threatened with rain almost daily, I reckoned that up in the mountains it would have snowed quite a bit! So after waking up and having the GREAT NEWS that Camille would come and visit me in July! I decided to head of to the mountains and see if my luck would keep up!

And I was not disappointed! Everything was white, and the ski resort was open! It’s not the Alps or Norway, but how many can say that they have actually snowboarded in Africa?

It was a beautiful site to see all of the high peaks of the Maluti/Drakensberg covered in snow. And it was also fun to glide down the slope (yes there is only one slope, at 3222m!)…

I decided to have a day off after the good news yesterday at the LCCU, things are starting to speed up. Tomorrow I will go back there to see what progress we have made, I also have to chase the 2 students for Lydia’s house.

They haven’t worked much I admit, but they were still busy with school… However I think that Lydia is really exaggerating with her impatience. It might be happening slowly now (it’s not my priority), but the students will design it and I will supervise it, so in the end she can’t complain too much, after all it is all being done for free!

So back to work tomorrow, but it was definitely nice to have the day off today!
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Anonymous said...

thats cool you being in africa and still find a place to ride!! have fun there!! i have much respect for what you are doing there now! talk to you soon bjorn

14 June 2007 at 01:45

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