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The trip is all over, and after two long boring flights, 3 breakfasts, many G&T's (Even getting ID'd for one of them :( and enjoying duty free, i'm back at home.

Big thanks again to everyone thats helped out, couldnt've done it without you.

Heres some pics to sum up the last few days

First off, the library:

 These where the book shelf dividers we made

 The curtains we put up

 Sorting out their books

Fitting the rails

These where items for the Hill crest Aids Charity Trust, they have like a wish list of items they need, so we got them:
20x Bars of soap
10x Hand wash
20x Tooth Brushes
20x Tooth Paste
Lots of loo roll
Some board games
15x air freshners
and some other bits i've forgotten

These where for inchanga Pre-School, was built by Steve and a team he works with, but they had no black boards, so after a trip to the stationers, and CamJet (the company owned by the family we stayed with) we loaded 4x 3mx1.2m magnetic green chalk board onto the top of the bucky and drove to put them up, also as they have no power, we needed to hire a generator, getting one in the back of an i10 was eventful to say the least

This is the Orphange Steve lives and works at, we bought them a few things from a sports shop, 2x Cricket sets (not the one pictured, as the bat they had was just a bit of wood) some balls, and a mini trampoline, we dropped them with dave, who will take them to the orphanage, will get him to take some piccys. Also steve had a building project in mind for the place, so i bought him the materials he needs, was something like 200 breeze blocks, bags of cement etc

And thats about it for updates, will post the pics when i get them form Dave

Last full day :(

Leaving tomorrow around 5pm, have got plently of updates and photos, but will sort that all once i'm back home, also looks like there might be a bit of money left over (around £200) i just need to double check bank statments etc so i can work it out properly, but this money will be paid in the Hillcrest Aids charity, and will be used to train people to enable Inchanga school to become self sufficient with growing vegetables for their feeding schemes.

Thanks again to everyone.

Bit updates to follow.


See you all back in London.

Update, but no photos :(

Its been raining no stop here for the last two days, reminds me of home haa

A fews days back we went into a school to look at their library and they needed some book shelf dividers, so we decided to make some, 30 of them, they've just had their final lick of paint and are drying in the garage ready to be put in tomorrow, we've also got some curtan rails to put up there, then we need to go curtan hunting.

We also went to the Hillcrest Aids Charity Trust today and painted one of their offices/consultation room type thing, just going back in the morning to put it all back together nice and tidy.

Then next on the to do list is buy and put up blackboards, do the photography for the Trust, and do some work at the orphange, will be a busy 10 days, i'd quite like to stay here longer :(

Pics to follow

YouTube.

Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela

Following up from the post about those people coming to feed the kids, well they turned up.

Brought with them crazy amounts of Chicken Byrannai and juice, they also bought along speakers and put on a mini party, it was quite a day, all the kids looked very happy and a great start for their new term.

We've also finished the ceiling with only a few minor touch ups to finish tomorrow.

Ohh and they also agreed to donate 100,000 Rand about £9,000 to the school :D
Well mainly to the room that we were doing up already (although that money will take our work a lot lot further) the only condition is that there has to be a 'Sponsored by ........' above the door, but i think everyone will be able to live with that, the room with be turned into a proper choir room, with a mini stage, part of the idea being that CD's can be sold to raise more money for the school, basically creating on going income.

 Me and David

 Action shot lol

 The kids like having their piccy taken

 The meal and juice, the kids got to keep the cups aswell which they quite liked

 David and his Choir

 The Access Africa team

Anyways some piccys, there will be a movie when i've got the time to put it together, but todays been a long day, and i feel for my bed

Been a bit busy

Sorry about the lack of updates, had a busy week.

We've starting putting up the ceiling in the Township school, and will be going in Tomorrow and sunday to make sure its all finished off for Monday when the kids come back to school.
We're gonna hire in a plasterer once we've got it all done, labour is quite cheap out here, and plasting if summin none of us have ever done before.

Also bit of a strange story, we where at the township school on Wednesday just the 3 of us (no teachers or kids as its half term) when a Jaguar XF pulled in, which left us confused, but it turned out to be 3 people from a company called 'Access Africa' i think it was, who for Nelson Mandela day wanted to basically bring food to feed all 1,200 of the pupils, they asked us to put a profile of the school together so we wacked that together, sent it off, and they say they'll be there on Monday probs along with a photographer or two to boost their PR, but it'll make a great change to the rice type thing they get normally, which sadly for many of the kids is their only meal of the day.
Hopefully it'll all work out, will let you guys know.

 David Tims, he went on the same trip as i did (except two years before) and spends a lot of time in South Africa with various projects

 The school we're working at ATM, with the room we're doing the ceiling on being in the middle

 One of the views on our commute

 Cows like to walk on the road here

 Getting ready for the roof

 Dylan and a teacher cutting the wood

 David on the left Steve in the middle, and two helpers

 Getting there

 New fuse box on the shopping list,

Also we met a guy Called Steve from Middlesbrough who David Tims knows very well, and works with out here. Steve lives in an orphanage in the Vally and once we've finished this job at the school we're going to start work at the orphanage, and get some toys etc etc.

First bit of money spent.....

First bit of money spent well