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.

Wednesday, 14 November 2007

All still in the air

I have not been able to gather much information about what is going to happen.

I went to site this morning and had a look around. The damage is not as bad as I had thought but still I will let an engineer decide that (it will be done I hope Saturday).

Whilst I was there I gathered all the workers, and over a can of Coke, had a chat to them, thanking them for all their hard work and explaining the importance of not letting this knock us down, and that now we have to be even stronger and push even harder to finish what we have started.
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Abigwideworld said...

I've been reading your blog with quite a lot of interest. What a terrible setback when you were all so close! I hope the project will be completed, having come so far with so many frustrations. Goodluck to you all.

16 November 2007 at 00:32

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