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 15 January 2008

It drains like a fountain…

Today there was a massive downpour of rain and it served to test our courtyard’s draining system… Surprise surprise! It works well!

But before I did any of that I went to Matsieng to help Jamie with the inventory of the stuff for the LCCU. A lot of stuff was there but not all that we hoped to find… Hopefully we will find it elsewhere otherwise it is more expenses that we will need to incur in.

So once that task was finished we did the aforementioned stop at the site. The courtyard drains fine, and Ntate Tau has nearly finished all but one of the window frames. The material for the ceiling has been bought, and so has the cement for the aprons, all is going well but if we do not have a few dry days we will not be able to close the roof!

Please let it be dry for the rest of the week… Please!
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