What a day… Today was supposed to
be the first day of ferrocement. We had
gotten some builders to help us render the sides. The first two took a look at the holes, and
decided that the hole surface was too wet and impossible to plaster. The second two declared the whole idea of
ferrocement ridiculous. So we got down
and dirty ourselves!
While one of the workmen, Joseph,
watched (the other ones had already left), we began to plaster. And it worked very well! Once we showed Joseph that it was possible,
he jumped on in and started. And he was
able to do the work of four of us in half the time. It seems that everyone in this village is really
good at mixing, pouring and plastering.
So today we were able to successfully apply the first rendering on 2 of
the holes. Tomorrow we will hopefully
render the remaining 3 holes and apply the mesh.
Watching the rainy season start has
been very exciting. Yesterday brought heavy
rains in the afternoon. Kevin and I ran
between the houses to check on how the gutters were working. And most of them were very successful. One of the houses was able to harvest 2 large
barrels of rain from the gutters. It was
excellent validation for all of the work we’ve been putting in.
In other news, Nalan returned from
Kampala with her new American Visa and chocolate for Vanya and me. Yay! And no one has Ebola (just a few colds). Also, the stores finally restocked our favorite
sweet bread (doughnuts), so everyone’s happy here!
-Becca
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