Staff House

It's been a busy month one way or another with very little time to spare for blogging but hopefully some of our followers have been keeping up with progress on Facebook.
The staff house is nearing completion with only the internal finishing to be done.  This will be delayed until after Christmas as we are just a little bit short of finances at the moment.


Staff house nearing completion




We will make the house secure with solid wooden exterior doors and the glass will be put inthe windows and that will have to do until we can get the painter in to finish off.
We were promised the house would be ready in six weeks and it is thanks to the supreme effort of the young man employed to undertake the construction......well done Mr Soko!



20,000 bricks built in to kiln ready for firing

 Following the visit of the Outlook Expedition volunteers and their brick making we had more bricks made so that we could have these built in to a kiln ready for firing.  This task has now been completed and the kiln built.  The firing will take place on Friday of this week.




Tomorrow, Thursday, we will open the door of one of the classrooms to some of the local community for a workshop.  We have been holding sensitisation wrokshops over thelast few weeks in the three main areas within the 5 kms radius of the school.  We listenend to the concerns and issues raised by the local community and the workshops now will be for training and advocacy.
We have now received our three hand operated sewing machines from UK and will hopefully soon begin  the tailoring training programme.  This involves bringing a trainer from the Lydia Foundation in Zomba who will train six local women in basic women and girls clothing.  These women will then train others and they will set up a co-operative to generate an income for them and improve their living standards.  This is part of our plan for the improvement of the lives of the local community.
With only a few weeks left until I come home for the Christmas break a busy time ahead and unlikely that we will start the tailoring classes until I return.  I will keep you all posted of any developments.

Good luck with the sales at the Christmas Fair this weekend ......have fun!