Four masons, one
concrete mixer operator, eight assistants and five stone cutters: these are the
working staff erecting walls on two floors for almost two months now.
Yellow, red and
blue stones come directly from the quarry. The cutters cut them with delicacy.
Each one lines up to 40 feet of cut stones at the end of each day.
Meanwhile, George
operates the concrete mixer, calculating the exact proportion of cement and
sand. This precise mixture will make the whole building strong and solid.
The eight
workers bring all the stones up to the first, and then the second floor. They also
bring up the concrete buckets and the water pots.
Upstairs, the
four masons Charles, Steven, Kilonzo and Wycliffe receive all these materials
and build up the walls, stone after stone on the aligned plumb line, perfectly
straight.
Some mistakes
may happen at times, but not so often. In this case, some plain of a wall may
be destroyed and rebuilt on the next day. Do, undo and redo is always work in progress!
One, two, and
eventually seven classrooms are taking shape. An additional room will be the
teachers’ meeting area. Three bedrooms will be for sisters’ accommodation.
Of course, the
pupils do not enter the construction site. Nevertheless, they are very
observing the progress of the building of their school…
