September 13, 2011

  • Ground is broken!

    For the past few weeks, it has escaped me to mention that we have actually made progress on a building site.  The project that we talked about as we were planning to come to Uganda, Kingsway Primary School, has broken ground on their building site.  I seriously cannot believe that I failed to mention that on here!  I am an idiot!

    In August, a ground mover came to the site and did some serious damage to the property.  It is no longer a farm, it is a building site.  Not only did it remove stumps and debris from the area where the building will be built.  It also paved the way for a new driveway to the school.  Though it seems insignificant, it is monumental to the school itself.  Before, the students had to trek through wilderness to get to their classrooms.  As the school stands right now, there is already a secondary (junior and high school) built.  However, the area is drenched with witch craft believers.  So getting a primary (elementary) school there is essential.  In fact, the nickname for the area is called "the hills of human sacrifice."  It is said that there are still practitioners of witch craft in the area.  Though it is banned by the Ugandan constitution, it has not yet left Uganda.

    As you can see above, what used to be a beaten path has since become a road!  Quite honestly, it is better than 50% of the roads in Uganda!

    So it is exciting that a school that we have been intimate with has started some work.  The next step is to go out and survey the foundation.  We can then mark where the digging needs to occur and start laying the foundation.  However, laying the foundation does require money.  So we are waiting to hear of a donation or team assembled to start the construction.  But for us, this is a BIG START.  Praise God for progress!

    Above is a picture of the building site, cleared for construction.  Just below that, there is a rough draft of what the plot will look like with the school constructed.  Like I said, this is a ROUGH DRAFT!  It was the first project that I started on with the drafting program that I downloaded for FREE!  Regardless, you get a good understanding of what will be built here.  They will have 10 classrooms, 2 offices, and a staff lounge.  Not to mention latrines for the students and teachers and a kitchen for food preparation.

    So keep praying for the foreign assistance that we are so dependent on.  Unfortunately, there is little self sustenance here for projects such as these.  But with God's grace, there will be in the future!

    Chad Neeley

    Construction Coordinator - WWCS Uganda/USA