May 3

It's been raining nearly every night here in Yaounde, so it's a good thing the roof is completely up!  Now the majority of the work is inside. 

View from the RFIS side of the wall -- now the whole roof is up!

From the front gate, the hostel doesn't look much different. 




Roof covers the upper and lower levels.  Preparations being made for a stairway to the front door.

 Plastering the ceilings on the lower levels, putting up a ceiling in the living area on the upper level, and continueing with window frames and door frames.

Ceiling of Stoker's apartment gets plastered.

Upstairs, the living room and dining room area have been taken over by scaffolding.  Ron says it's there to facilitate putting in the ceiling.  I see they're also chipping away at the concrete block walls, making way for electrical wiring etc.

Work continues in the living / dining room

 Today the 6th graders visited Rain Forest International School (RFIS) in the morning for orientation, visit classrooms, and lunch.  Since Ben and his friend had soccer practise there in the afternoon, they stayed, and I met them -- so we checked out the hostel.  Ben and his friend found the construction site a fun place to explore.

Hi Andre & Ben!  Don't fall!  They may not find it as much fun when the short wall goes up around the balcony.