Still not ready at Isimba :-(

There are enormous differences between the villages. It took Isimba more than 2 years to get this far and still the building is not yet fully completed. Mbeya Cement stopped production of cement in order to give their plant a good overhaul, so we ran out of cement.

The kids did some great dancing, but we had to bring this village a strong message:  if they do not change their way of thinking, we will not support hem anymore and we will kick them out of the program. The only way, they can proof they are serious is that they renovate the other 3 buildings before the end of the year. They should be able to do this without any problem: with almost 500 pupils there must be a lot of fathers, who should volunteer for the renovations. That way, the village does not have to come up with too much contributions to pay for labor. That's what's happening in other villages as well, so why not here?

They agreed and we promised to organize a proper handover when all the buildings are ready.


Fons Maex