There is not a whole lot different today from yesterday, as far as what people are working on. We still have a group on the stairs, the school building, and the bathroom.
The group that is working on the stairs finished putting the first and lower set of stairs in place late yesterday. Today they have started working on hanging and putting the second set of stairs in place. It has become a slow process due to that they keep wearing out drill bits on the steel, but the stairs should be in place and most of the concrete poured on them by the end of the day, if it doesn't start raining.
The group that is working on the building are still pouring concrete to form the pillars of classrooms. We have almost all the rebar forms in places, we just now have the issue of building the forms and pouring the concrete in the forms. They are also finishing up the last couple rows of block that has to be laid in place. This also should be done by the end of the day, that is if the rain stays away.
The group that was working in the bathrooms was stalled for the first half of the day so that they could help lift the stairs into place. But now that the stairs are almost mounted the bathroom crew should be placing the new pipe and also pouring concrete to set the pipe permanently in place.
Today the registered nurse, Kathy Donohue, that traveled with us went from classroom to classroom handing out toothbrushes and toothpaste showing the children how to do it properly. Through the translations of both Phil McGee and Gabriel Olivio the kids thoroughly enjoyed the demonstration and the free toothbrushes after the show. We even saw a group of kids head straight to the sink at their recess and start brushing their teeth the way they were shown.
That is all for now... there should be more tomorrow.
