Day 6 - Working day 4

I was assigned to the last group with Gary. I am the only one with a video camera down here and over the past two days I have been able to visit the other two sites. Yesturday I was with the group that started from the near beginning the work was very similary to my original group. Do a task then wait about ten minutes for the next task. Sometimes longer, sometimes shorter. But today I went with the walking group. Oh Boy, only time for nothing was when you needed a break. There was always something to do and they didn´t have nearly enough room to move supplies around because their site is built into a hill and at the bottom of this 20 foot hill is a well traveled road. The also have houses all around them.

Today the walking group flattened out another room. Once that was done they had to dig a trench four feet deep for the foundation blocks. All this working with the dirt is not easy. In the dirt is many rocks, lots of trash and it is all very compacted. They have to use a pick-axe to get it all loose. Then the pile where they have been moving this dirt is on the hill down to the road and not more will fit their so they are carefully placing the dirt in the pile.

The group that started from the near beginning got many more bricks up.

The last group laid bricks all day and got up to the tenth row. This row is laid with ¨U-Blocks.¨ In these blocks rebarb is placed and the filled in completely with cement. This long process make the walls even stronger.