Day eight

Today, we woke up with the sun beaming through the big windows in our chalets and by 8 am, the time that we usually depart; it was already 20 degrees Celsius. Mrs Jackson and I made yet another trip to Piggs Peak as the builders needed plastering equipment, the boys needed sun block, deodorant and lip balm and off course more food! We also found plastic push along scooters and on impulse bought 5 for the toddlers. This resulted in very happy little boys playing on these until sunset.

The hardest job of all was to execute the roofing. Unfortunately, this was a task for the men, as they had to be on top of the roof. A few boys were passing on tools to the men, some were still building the drain and others digging the trench to the drain or sifting sand for plastering and last but not least, the mixing team were mixing concrete and mortar for different tasks.

The boys were not all occupied fully and some spent lots of time with the orphaned toddlers and others admired the wood carvings of a local craftsman.