A week on the Construction Project
After a frustratingly stormy last week, this week has been a
busy one for the construction team. We started bright and early on a beautiful
Fijian Monday morning with heading over to Matacawalevu to install a water tank
and attach a down pipe to the guttering previous GVI volunteers had installed.
Finished in time for cookies and tea, we headed back to Enedala to fix the
guttering on Grandma’s house. Although lots of hard work and with boiling hot
weather, the spectacular views from the top of the hill certainly made up for
it!
On Tuesday it was time to install another water tank, this
time further from Base in the gorgeous village of Navotua. After a long and
slightly precarious boat journey carrying the tank, we installed the tank by
the head teacher’s house and fixed the guttering on it that had been ripped off
by the cyclone. We also completed a concrete base by the prep school; all ready
for another water tank to be installed soon. More guttering happened on
Wednesday, this time in Vuaki village, to the eerie sound of loudly mooing
cows. This guttering was on the village hall and we connected it up to an
enormous, government-installed water tank.
After a busy beginning to the week, on Thursday we made
shelves for the base office and did some weeding and planting of eggplants and
pumpkins in the vegetable garden on base – hot and tiring work that left us
covered in mosquito bites – definitely time for a swim! For Friday we went to
work with the education team, painting the newly constructed composting toilets
and building some more vegetable gardens to teach the students about
agriculture and a healthy diet. Although hot, it has been a fun and
constructive week on the construction team!
Sophie - 8 week Expedition Volunteer
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