Topic: Week 33 (Read 3336 Times)

ccarr · « **on:** March 06, 2009, 06:18:14 PM »

Week 33

Each week we introduce you to the children of Hope Centre Burundi. We upload a picture of one child and give you their story.

Cecile Ntakirutimana

Cecile's Story

Cecile is 13 years old.

Cecile's mother died of AIDS when she was just eight and, the same year, her father also died. Cecile, and her younger brother Olivier, were taken into care by a couple that knew the children. Pastor Leonard's wife agreed to look after Cecile and then eventually she agreed that they should also look after her younger brother, Olivier, as they were missing each other.

She is in grade 2 at school and is now living, along with her brother, with friends in Cibitoke.

Progress on Site

This week we had a total of twelve less workers on site. This was a decision that Pastor Leonard and Vincent, our site supervisor, took. However, even without these workers progress has been steady.

Most of the work for house number one has been inside with ceiling support timbers being fitted and finishing coats of cement being applied to the walls. All the cable runs and water pipes have also been fitted. Next week the ceiling boards will be fitted.

House number two is progressing well and all the trusses are ready to be fitted later next week also.

Here you see the finishing coats of cement being applied to the walls:

The ceiling support timbers are being fitted:

The brickies are almost at the level to receive the trusses:

The trusses are ready for house number two:

House number two:

Order out of Chaos

You may remember that we had planned to have have a second, larger 40' container on site for all the tools and materials that we shipped across with us. Without this container we have had to keep almost everything in the 20' container that we currently have on site. This has been very tricky without proper shelf space. Many small tools that I knew that we had with us couldn't be found. Basically chaos within the container.

To save having to purchase tools that we knew we had somewhere I decided that we needed to invest in shelving to bring a bit of order to the container. Whilst I was making the trusses Vincent, our site supervisor, took it upon himself to make the required shelving.

Here you see the contents of the container spread out on the ground to allow the work to begin:

Vincent cutting the timbers that are required for the shelving whilst wearing his new donated overalls:

You can see already how this will make a difference. Look at all the paint. Except for the large white paint drums on the bottom row, almost all of the paint has been donated and is ready to use:

As you know our boys are attending a school in Bujumbura, not far from where we live, called Kings School. Close to the school is another orphanage with 43 children, all of whom attend Kings School. In John's class alone there are 12 of these children. When Val returned to the UK to sit her Viva she made a request, to some of our friends at our church and house group, for a playstation for these children. She received four, and also many non violent games. On her return to Bujumbura she had the joy of giving two of these PlayStation 2s to the orphanage. The reaction of the children was pure delight. No doubt Val will expand on this in our email newsletter shortly to be sent out.

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Here is a picture of these children playing with their new PlayStation 2:

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« on: March 06, 2009, 06:18:14 PM »

ccarr

Week 33