Hi Everyone
What an incredible day!! Beautiful with energy swirling. Carolyn and Jen,our water team, went to the clinic in the morning to do water samples they take 2-3 days to show results. The rest of the team headed to the new site for the LivingRoom and started to map out where all the beautiful plants, trees and shrubs. Then Jims, this is what the Kenyans call him,and I went to town to pay pavers, concrete and buckets for the water portion. No easy feat. Things just take a little longer.
On the way to town, the main road that we are on is up for reconstruction, we passed by the hiring site and there where 10,000 people waiting in line to ber hired. Unfortunately, they will only hire 6,000. The risk is that 70% of Kenyans are out of work. The average Kenyan lives on $1/day. This does not come each day, they may get a job but be unemployed for days to months.
Once we got to town it was a journey to get the things we needed. There is a bit of a language barrier they are meters and we are in feet. So a simple discussion here was a much longer conversation. And all the businesses at 1pm, close for an hour for lunch.
We got all we needed and headed home. It is Saturday here so to get the pavers delivered was a chore. But they would try.
We got back to the Living Room at 3:15pm. The area had already been transformed. All the people working planting, building a stone wall, digging the path for the pavers. It was now 5pm and the paver were on their way and it began to rain. Rain is God's blessing to the Kenyans. So as we waiting in the jeep the lorrie came with the bricks. And ther we were Kenyans and Iowans creating a line and we all together single brick by brick emptied that lorrie that contained 40 cubic meters!! Took about 1 and 1/2 hours. Job well done!
2.1 billion people are without basic sanitation --1 billion people without water. 42% Kenyans are without drinkable water. But that number has changed and today with this team we can make a difference.
Have a great day!!
Doc
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I really hope Jen got a picture of the line of bricks being emptied..I think that says a lot on what Spanda Inc. is about and your vision. Why to go team!
ReplyDeleteIowa team is so proud of kenya team the phone is not working dr fitgerald please call again, everyone here is good
ReplyDeletemichele b
Sounds like everyone is having a good time and making new friends, and of course getting lots of work done! Can't wait to see some pictures.
ReplyDeleteDawn W
Great job everyone! Auntie Jen, we love and miss you!!
ReplyDeleteJameson and Jacob
I received your phone message, Dr. Fitzgerald and have left two messages with John. Carol
ReplyDeleteHi Water Team:
ReplyDeleteHere are John's responses to your questions:
Yes, you do need the backflow prevention device. It should be in the kit.
The feeder line can be at whatever length you need it to be--
If you need any other assistance, please call him at 319-461-1758.