Construction Begins!
Posted by Kristopher Schmitz on Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The
resource centre has been very busy in the past week. From the generous donations we have received
we have bought cement, one load of lake sand and two loads of plaster
sand. The builders are at the centre
today beginning construction on the floor and walls of the large room. We have decided that the room should be used
as soon as it is done and we are optimistically planning to host a Christmas
party there on the 25th of December.
Many people in the community suggested we host a party because Ugandans
often will seek out activities to take part in on Christmas Day. We had an organizing meeting with the youth
yesterday and stressed that the party is their responsibility. They are much more in tune with what people
in the community enjoy doing and have decided on most of the activities. We are hoping to have face painting, miming
(where performers lip sync and dance to music), modeling (where people display
how well they can walk to different beats), eating contests and dancing
contests. We are going to provide sodas,
juice and some snacks for people. We are
also inviting some members of the community to come and sell small goods if
they wish. We have been battling power
outages at the centre while repairs are made to the power grid in Jinja
district. Our movie night had to be
delayed until we could secure a generator and modify it to run the television
and DVD player. With power returning
intermittently, it is difficult to plan weekly events. We are trying to plan both activities that
require power and those which do not. Thank you once again to all our donors and we are getting closer to our goal of $1500 for Christmas!!
