Well week one is fully over, & it's hard to believe..
The week has been fairly hectic... The refurbishment is at an advanced stage... The bulk of the main painting is done!!! The building was a lot bigger than we anticipated, so we set about hiring 10 locals to assist us in our work... So far the complete facade of the building has been painted, all the bedrooms and one of the admin offices and we also have got some retiling done... Our plan for resurfacing the courtyard did not come to pass as upon inspection on our arrival we saw that it was actually in fairly good condition, the beds however where another story... We are getting all the beds repaired, cleaned & Painted. Putting new bases on them and supplying new blankets, mats & pillows... For all 120 of them!!!
Our interaction with the locals has been interesting, we have been made feel very welcome & our guide is excellent!!! There has been some interaction with the local children & the team have been playing football, frisbie & hurley with them after our days work & during lunch. We have not seen the babies in the orphanage, but they are there... We can hear them... Some of the children that stay in the centre part of the facility we are renovating are coming to meet us on Tuesday & all the gang are very much looking forward to that. We have a lot of gifts that are burning a hole in our suitcases that we want to pass on!!!
This week our work will focus around the finishing. We plan to finish painting the beds, & the staircase. We intend to stencil some designs on the walls to brighten up the place a bit, so as the man says, 'a lot done, more to do!!!'
So far the entire experiece has been great, the group of Venture Scouts over here are second to none & have got stuck in woth the work and adopted to the way of life very quickly!!! They will be going into 'Challenge Anika' modfe in the morning as they realise that we are on the countdown & only have 4 days left to finish our work before we move on...
Thanks to all for the comments from home, everyone loves hearing from yis, phone facilities are not great, but the emails are coming through loud & clear & everyone is well...
See yis all soon..
Noel
The week has been fairly hectic... The refurbishment is at an advanced stage... The bulk of the main painting is done!!! The building was a lot bigger than we anticipated, so we set about hiring 10 locals to assist us in our work... So far the complete facade of the building has been painted, all the bedrooms and one of the admin offices and we also have got some retiling done... Our plan for resurfacing the courtyard did not come to pass as upon inspection on our arrival we saw that it was actually in fairly good condition, the beds however where another story... We are getting all the beds repaired, cleaned & Painted. Putting new bases on them and supplying new blankets, mats & pillows... For all 120 of them!!!
Our interaction with the locals has been interesting, we have been made feel very welcome & our guide is excellent!!! There has been some interaction with the local children & the team have been playing football, frisbie & hurley with them after our days work & during lunch. We have not seen the babies in the orphanage, but they are there... We can hear them... Some of the children that stay in the centre part of the facility we are renovating are coming to meet us on Tuesday & all the gang are very much looking forward to that. We have a lot of gifts that are burning a hole in our suitcases that we want to pass on!!!
This week our work will focus around the finishing. We plan to finish painting the beds, & the staircase. We intend to stencil some designs on the walls to brighten up the place a bit, so as the man says, 'a lot done, more to do!!!'
So far the entire experiece has been great, the group of Venture Scouts over here are second to none & have got stuck in woth the work and adopted to the way of life very quickly!!! They will be going into 'Challenge Anika' modfe in the morning as they realise that we are on the countdown & only have 4 days left to finish our work before we move on...
Thanks to all for the comments from home, everyone loves hearing from yis, phone facilities are not great, but the emails are coming through loud & clear & everyone is well...
See yis all soon..
Noel
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