RECONNECT CHRISTMAS

An Update On Kigoma, April 2010

Here is an update on the community center.

We have spent some time designing and constructing the stairs to the radio/recording studio.  This is a Lowell Wertz design.  We built the pillar of Hercules, 20 inch square, rebar reinforced column,  then a metal platform landing for outside the second story door, then a metal beam made from angle iron and flat stock to support the stairs, and finally the stairs.  They aren’t done yet, but you can get the idea.

The floor in the BIG room has been poured.  It took some weeks as it is a lot of concrete to mix by hand.  All concrete for floors has been poured except for the toilets and kitchen.  We still have some plumbing work to do in those rooms, first.  We are still considering the floor finish, if it should be tile or what.

We are going to finish up the library first.  The walls have been plastered and the electrical system is in.  Won’t be long now.

Outside, we are creating an entrance way — porch area, so when it is raining the crowds can come and go without problems.  The poured pillars and beams will eventually hold a roof.  Those two doors will be the main entrance.

Lots of other jobs have gotten done.  The walls have been build up to roofing.  The metal conducts are in for the microphone wiring from the recording studio to the stage area.

Kigoma April Update

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