Finishing Unit 1, Walling complete on Units 2 & 3

CMU walling on units 2 & 3

Lintels on units 2 & 3

Fitting glazing on unit 1.

Front porch on unit 1.

Looking in a window to the kitchen.

View from kitchen to living space.

Living space.

View of back door and bathroom door.

Wall plates on unit 2.

Beginning Buildings 2 & 3

electricity arrives to Building 1

plastering

beginning foundations of Buildings 2 & 3

finished interior of kitchen in Building 1

Roofing Building 1

After Delay Gears Turning Again

arrival of security grating

installing security grating

Alex digging the hole for pit latrine (12' deep here of 21' total)

installing courtyard drain (yet to be buried) and pouring porch slab

rear porch slab covered with banana-leaf-improv-sheet for the evening's rain

From Around Bungoma Town

CfC team and friends at "Happy Moments"

goofing with the neighbors in our yard

at one of our favorite hangouts

kids at nearby school

Bricks and more

Walling

We are plowing right ahead; as of today we have completed all foundation work and are about a third of the way there on the brick and CMU (the large concrete block) walling. The structure is beginning to take shape; you can almost imagine a home here!

digging septic

installing gate

vapor barrier

pouring slab

"hardcore" arrival

foundation walling

local "marrum" layer beneath slab

Breaking Ground