Sorry this hasn’t been updated, internet connections are a bit thin on the ground over here!

7am start, nice and early to get going before to heat kicks in. Got down to the safe house and got going with the concreting, had to mix it by hand because we don't have a cement mixer. Also the materials came on the lorry and just got dumped outside, had to use wheelbarrows to transport the stuff up to the site, amazed at how strong some of the kids are. Got nearly all of the front concreted so not too much to do tomorrow, fingers crossed

All is well with us all, early nights and early starts, Boys at Harambee are a delight and have enjoyed balloon modeling with Andy, escorting Tom and Chubbs on a trip to the market to get fruit, they are like little security guards!

Hotel is very comfortable with the electric and water pleasing themselves if and when they want to work, cold showers are quite common.

Tom is suffering quite happily with IBE.

Ali is chief treasurer and we are on budget

Roy tells worse stories than Brendan

Martin has burnt both shoulders and arms

Alex has 1 burnt arm, because he had it hanging out of the coach window.

Rodo's electric skills are in great demand, with pictures coming of great wiring. The correct colours denoting live neutral & earth appear to be an optional extra!

Crusty has done manual, pictures to follow......

James managed to go a whole day without falling asleep

Paul has settled in great, we just cannot understand him! we love him really

We will mention the others later in the week.

In true Manchester style, we’ve kept the local beer economy up and running, Tusker lager is rather tasty.

Chubbs has literally just broken a lawn chair, fat get.

We had to go out and buy a ladder, so that Rodo can reach the places he needs to put lights up, & we could reach the ceiling, to paint & extra brushes so the kids could help paint, and a saw, because the one we had just didn’t seem up to the strenuous work seeing as it had no teeth.

Luckily enough, Martin has not tried smuggling budgies of any kind, although we are sure it will happen eventually.

Saw a goat being slaughtered, not particularly nice.