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Mud, rocks, toilets, cow dung and more…we’re building!
We’re finally, actually, really building! We had to delay for crazy unseasonal rains, and then we had to delay because Justin and Malcolm (the architect and engineer) had other obligations, and then it looked like it was going to rain again, but we started anyway, and we are so glad that we did. The community … READ MORE
Construction in the Wings
As always, we are involved in negotiations with every government representative on the block (and with all those from the surrounding neighbourhoods). This, and the interminable search for funds keeps us busy. We have decided, though, that even though we only have a fraction of the R1,9 million needed to build the whole school, we … READ MORE
Building Momentum to Build a School
Life and the rituals of life carry on in Nqileni village. Over the past few months there have been weddings, an initiation ceremony, and funerals. Two more babies have died as a consequence of diarrhoea. The Department of Public works has said they are bringing toilets to the village next month, we wait and see. … READ MORE
Newly Men – The Celebration At the End of Initiation
Initiates Women the watching stick fighting Visitor coming to the celebration
