Projects completed on time and under budget! Liane and I have completed the workbench in the radiology room at the Medical Centre. We have also installed the cabinet on the outside of the church which now covers the electric meters making them safe.
One Tuesday 1st February Liane Shepherd, David Reynolds, Ian Flower and I visited the CASA orphanage which is situated just south of Soroti. We were met by Susan the Manager, who has a degree in Business Studies. She is a compassionate individual who is also very resourceful. The orphanage has the capacity for 80 children but at present they have funding for half that number. Susan ensures that the children are very well looked after and has a housemother and housefather in her team. In age range they go from 6 years to 18.
There are seven buildings in the compound. There were dormitories, a large hall, lavatories and shower blocks. The sanitation system uses Ecosan which separates the liquid from the solid waste. The latter is dried using solar panels and anaerobic digestion takes place which results in an excellent compost material. This is used to fertilise the vegetable garden and they grow eggplant, tomatoes, onions and other local greens. They have no electricity as the budget does not stretch to providing this but they are hopeful that this will be provided in the future. The buildings are painted in bright bold colours and have stained wooden shutters, and exposed timber beams internally which are very attractive. The building shape is also designed to keep the building nice and cool. The children sleep two to a room and all have comfortable wide bunks with mosquito nets.
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