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.

Friday 11 January 2008

La Vache!

First of all let me apologise for the delay in this and the last posting!

I wrote them both on time, but since I have arrived I have been a little bit out of contact… Airlink managed to loose my bags even when I personally checked them in at Jo’burg! So now I have very little hope in seeing them…

But work goes on, as it can, and little by little progress on site seems to be showing. I hope to have the roof closed by next week but let’s just wait and see?

Yesterday and today we had a new presence on site! A cow! Not that it will do much work but at least it’s helping to graze the grass which is quite long by now!

I hope my bags will turn up tomorrow otherwise it will be more than just a charger and few days of work that I will loose, but nearly 5/6 years of my life and work! All stored on my hardisk which I stupidly had sent through in my checked luggage!
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