Several people have asked us recently, "When do you expect the Hostel to be completed?"
There is no answer except - "it depends entirely on how the money-raising goes."
The £3,000 sent out in March should pay for all the doors - internal and external - and window grilles.
We still have about £4,500 in UK, and when that is sent out - depending on Alan's inspection of progress, accounts, etc - it should allow all the electrics (including a large solar panel on the roof) to be installed, and a good deal of the plumbing, drainage etc.
The next item would be floors: at present the floor is earth, and once the under-floor pipes and cables are installed a concrete floor will be laid - and we have no price for that yet. But cement is expensive in Uganda for some reason.
The final big one is rendering of walls - inside and out. Expensive - but no estimates yet.
However I think we could defer that stage and get furnishings as soon as the floor is finished, so that we can invite the kids in. They don't need nicely plastered walls from the start!
Just to remind you what the building looks like:
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