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Wellspring Secondary School Project – August & September 2011
And the project roars on towards completion. In total $1.5 million (US) has been invested towards the overall Wellspring Academy school. This includes both the completed Primary and the soon to be completed Secondary school; just 24% remains! The secondary completion is scheduled for 2012 and $340,000 (US) is what it will take to complete the overall project.
Over the past couple of months a lot of work was done to take the finished shells of the new administration block, staff room, kitchen and store room into finished facilities.
Bosco shown in the above picture installs the plumbing to all three new buildings. In the picture shown to the right, the team works to wards completing the ceilings.
Painting on the interiors, windows, doors, and ring beam was complete din the month of August.
Concrete pathways to connect all the new buildings together and to the rest of the school were poured.
Concrete and tile Countertops were built in the staff kitchen by Musonera
Moreover we were blessed to have DJ Devries and his wife Heather come out to serve with us once again. DJ designed and re-built the bridge on the primary school playground and designed and built the countertops and storage cupboards for the secondary school staff room with the help of Freddie and Benjamin. The staff can hardly wait to move into their new digs!
DJ doing a little sanding on the new counter tops
Picture below shows completed staff room
The secondary school campus as shown from across the parking lot. Almost there!
On the sports facilities, we made some good headway on the rockwork for the basketball court which is progressing along nicely.
Another view of the basketball court, which is quickly taking shape.
Project Update, End of September 2011
We roll into September Rockwork was completed on the basketball court for the bleachers and the rear retaining wall.
Given the deadline of the end of the year approaching, we also have moved ahead on the next secondary science block lab with some pace. Foundations were dug
The fundi’s shaped the rocks, and placed them to hold up the walls of the building
The windows have now been set and the brickwork should reach the ringbeam in a few weeks.
Brickwork was launched while window frames were being welded up in the shop
Up Next:
-Brickwork on the second science block
-Forming and pouring the ring beam and the veranda slab supports
-Welding the trusses and purlins
-Cleaning up and leveling the soil base of the future basketball court (and letting the heavy rains help compact the surface).
August / September Project Cost (US):
$33,060 ~ Total
$1,089 ~ Landscaping
$3,713 ~ Admin block
$5,632 ~ Basketball court
$499 ~ Kitchen & storage area
$16,832 ~ Science lab
$5,295 ~ Labour
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