Earlier in the year we received funding from the Ford
Foundation under their STEVEK programme to build a new toilet block and showers
to replace the current wooden shack pit latrines.
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| The Original Boys Toilet - Just Imagine the Inside! |
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| Me Pretending to Help |
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| Progress! |
To future proof the scheme we
decided to build the foundations for the full building we needed and then the
superstructure for the 4 cubicles we could afford. This would allow the masonry
and building technology trainees to finish it off at their leisure.
Unfortunately the contractor we had vetted and selected decided to collect the
money for work done and not pass it on to the labourers eventually pressure
from the labourers on this and a previous scheme was too great and he
absconded.
Despite involving the, Senior Chief, Police etc etc we were unable
to track him down to get the labourers paid. Luckily we had only paid him for
completed works so the polytechnic did not have a loss but the hard working
labourers were less than happy. If they ever find him I dread to think what form “natural justice” will take!! We are now looking to source funding to
complete the broader building and finish the works he left incomplete.
