Fencing Project Underway

Back at Samfya we have had a fantastic day of work. We are focused on building a metal fence around the agricultural area for the school. The fence is needed not to keep animals out, but to keep people out! The agricultural part of the training is very necessary for the students who are predominately subsistence farmers.

 All the fence posts were concreted in and all of the stays except for two are concreted in as well. The waratahs are in on two sides and the rest of these will be done tomorrow. The gate is also concreted in – it was a spare in the workshop – not the best but will do the job more than adequately. We employed a welder to help with the gate and tried to achieve that on site using the school generator for power. It didn’t work and we had to transport the gate to the welding shop and wait for the power to come on (it is always on and off and usually on low voltage). The challenge will be rolling out the wire netting and straining it up, but Brad has done a great job and will get this sorted out some how.

 Brad happy with the first line

 The men mixing concrete

 The gate going in

 Maria with students kids

 Roger & Wathabu off to Mansa

 

Roger had a very good day trip to Mansa with Wathabu the school principal. Supplies like, brick varnish, termite spray, weed spray, electrical sockets, spray unit, vehicle parts, tools were acquired for various needs and projects around the school. Maria had a good day and meet with a ladies bible study and had a lot of interaction with student’s children. Thank you for your continued prayers.