Let there be windows
[ Previous Post ] Standard 2 (the Primary School class for children turning 7 years old) now possess four freshly-minted iron window grills. Carolyn, team artist in residence, has created a colour scheme for them (the red is undercoat), to run past the Primary Head Teacher and the painter tomorrow. "That man is a builder, you say?" asked one of the construction team at 7.30am when Sue, Rafal and I went down to visit the site. "Yes!" "Does he have tools? A level, and trowels?" "Yes!" Rafal worked all morning with the team, and they are now firm friends. Tomorrow morning by 7am ten more windows are promised. We'd expected them at 2pm today, but the whole area has been affected by powercuts since morning. (Matrida and her friends baled us out for lunch, providing fire-cooked nsima with beans to replace our planned electric-boiled pasta.)The supplier of the wi...