Monday 8 September 2008

Further progress at Mutimbuzi:

Hope Centre work moves quickly on:
The Hope Centre work continues apace now that the block presses have arrived. The red earth, purchased locally, has to be sieved and then mixed with a small amount of cement and water to make the blocks, the blocks are then allowed to dry before they can be used for building. The result is a nice red brick building, as you will see below there are plain blocks and interlocking blocks, as well as interlocking slightly curved blocks (not shown) for building water tanks.
Below the red earth is passed through a sieve to prepare it for the block making process.

Below Charles views the results of the plain block maker.

This block press makes an interlocking block.

Here the local ladies carry freshly mixed concrete in buckets on their heads.

To see more information have a look at the Hope Centre website http://www.hopecentreburundi.com/

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