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, 16 June 2007

State of emergency

We now have an imposed curfew between 6pm and 6am.

I’m quite annoyed by it but you can be sure that I will not be the first one to break it (today I even decided not to go to site just to see how things develop). It was declared after a small escalation two nights ago, still over the results of the elections! A few politicians on both sides were attacked and so as a preventive measure the government decided to take this action.

I am a bit concerned not because I feel threatened by it but because I’m afraid that if it lasts for too long it might cause further delays on the project and that is the last thing that we need now!

But I must say that was not the only thing that annoyed me today. My Dad always told me that I wants don’t get! So when I received a SMS saying that “I want to see the drawings(…)” I have decided to think about and see if I believe that I should do it.

If I don’t get stopped at a road block that is!
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