Preparing for School

School is set to open on October 4, and there is much to do to get ready. Of course everyone knows school will not really begin on the 4th. It will more likely begin around the 11th.

At Le Phare we are trying to figure out how we will hold classes and still have the children in the orphanage sleeping inside rather than back in tents. The children currently sleep in the almost finished classrooms. If we cannot make a temporary structure under which the classes will meet, then the children will have to take all their belongings, bedding, etc out of the classrooms each morning for school and then replace everything each evening. This would be a big task!

We want to build a temporary, simple structure of wood frame, tin roof and some plywood sides. All the materials would be reused in future projects. We had hoped to have completed a land purchase deal by now. The property we want to buy has an existing house on it which we had hoped to make some repairs to and move the children into by the time school started. However, we are at an impasse in the purchase and it will be quite a while until we have some other options for housing for the children.

The woman who cooks the meals for the children has also been displaced and is currently cooking in the sun, wind and rain. We would like to cover an area to shield her from the elements while she works also.

Funds would be a blessing!

Bench materials - ready to make benches
This is where the temporary school structure would be situated

Madame Polynice is cooking out in the elements. The temporary structure would add a space for her to be shielded from the sun and rain