http://www.ispccinafrica.com Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:49:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The group met in Dublin Airport, many for the first time. It was the beginning of a long journey with many of us coming from further afield. The first leg of the journey was a flight from Dublin to Paris with a brief stop-over before a never-ending flight ... http://www.ispccinafrica.com/expedition/day-1-april-22nd/ After reaching Jo'burg, we had the joy of another 5 hours on a bus before reaching the school near Butha Butha. The border between South Africa and Lesotho had a section of no-man's land where you had to stop at the South Africa border and get your passport stamped before ... http://www.ispccinafrica.com/expedition/day-2-april-23rd/ "Good Morning! Good Morning". It was far too early, and much too cold, to be waking up but this was our wake-up call each day. Breakfast was served: Work started in earnest that morning, clearing the gravel from the site while a small group went and gathered stones to use in the ... http://www.ispccinafrica.com/expedition/day-3-april-24th/ The bricks were still being set at the start of day 4 so while this was being done, we carried on building trusses for the roof. And even made a couple of benches. Dave laid a path outside one of the existing classrooms before we could lay any bricks for our classroom. The ... http://www.ispccinafrica.com/expedition/day-4-april-25th/ At the start of the third day of work we had the bricks up to over waist-level but we needed to get it up to roof level so that we could put the trusses up the following day. We got quite a lot done this day: And people took different ... http://www.ispccinafrica.com/expedition/day-5-april-26th/ Most people had not slept well the previous night as the thunder and lightening continued throughout the night. Day 6 started off with a heavy shower but it soon cleared up. It was quite cold this day and the heat of the first few days never returned. ... http://www.ispccinafrica.com/expedition/day-6-april-27th/ The final day of work was upon us and we needed to get things finished off before the handover ceremony that afternoon. We got the window panes in: And levelled off the floor: And even signed the blackboard: The kids soon gathered for the handover ceremony As did the local women We celebrated too ... http://www.ispccinafrica.com/expedition/day-7-april-28th/