The Ugandan and English gap year team will soon be training local school students in ISSB construction in the newly established ISSB club. They recently constructed this bench with the help of some trainees, under the guidance of Philip (HYT's Training Supervisor).
Work at Kizzigo is progressing well with the first of the 20,000 water tanks well underway and the foundation started for the second. The kitchen is nearing completion. 3 energy saving stoves have been purchased which will reduce the amount of fire wood consumption dramatically.
Training in bench construction before the launch of Kizzigo Student's ISSB club.
During the monitoring and evaluation at Kasokaso, James and Alex talked to the cook who reported that with the energy saving stoves the school uses 50 percent less firewood than traditional cooking methods. As such, despite the fact that food prices have risen, the school has offset this against the saving in firewood and as such not increased the cost of meals. This means that almost all pupils can eat lunch (and even breakfast and dinner) everyday. Additionally, meals are now ready on time which prevents disruption to studies.
The new kitchen nearing completion
Last week, James and Alex, along with a couple of the trainees (Musa, Sammy and Eric) built a large curved ISSB bench at the entrance to Kizzigo Secondary School. James, Alex, Richard and Annette (the 2 Ugandan gap students) also built the concrete slabs for 2 of the benches which will be built by the ISSB club at the school before building more benches out in the community. The ISSB club is starting this week (first session today) and will take place every Tuesday and Thursday, run by James and Alex.
