After five months work, progress at our first ever health clinic is going well, after great support from the local community and recruitment of trainees.

The foundations are now completed for both the four bed maternity ward and general out-patients clinic. Now, thousands of soil blocks and roof tiles have also been manufactured on site by former Build IT trainee and stalwart Enoch, assisted by and 11 trainees. We have also made good use of equipment donated by UK company Speedy Hire including the  “Wacker Plate” for compressing the ground before laying the floor.

The trainee group of eight young men and three women are all in their twenties, previously relying on subsistence farming. This includes Harry, who is married with two children. Harry lives in a two room, mud wall house with a thatched roof. Harry thinks the training is a great opportunity for them:

“Everybody has the intention of making a house for themselves from the same soil blocks and roofing tiles because they seem more modern and stronger than burned bricks. This building (the clinic) is a landmark because it has taken a long time for development to reach us”

The proiect aims to be completed by April in time for the Ministry of Health’s new planning year.

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