What the builders are doing right now

In case readers of the Blog are interested in the details of this last, major, phase of the Hostel building work, going on at this moment (we hope!), here are some of the details, with costs:
19 internal doors, supplied and fitted: 5,125,000 Uganda shillings (UGX): £1,350
Boys' bedroom floor and plastering: 1,970,000 UGX: £540
Girls' bedroom " " : The same.
Sitting room " " : 1,630,000 UGX: £430
Dining room " " : 2,090,000 UGX: £550
Kitchen " " : 1,755,000 UGX: £460
Store " " : 1,860,000 UGX: £490
And so on! Matron's room, Patron's room (I think these are for what we might call house-parents), corridors, showers and toilets, and external rendering and cladding, and what the budget calls an "apron", which we would call a veranda.
It all comes to just about £20,000.
(The exchange rate changes, of course, from day to day; the figures I quote I got today from an online site.)
So if you were one of our many hundreds of donors, and gave £5 or £5,000, this is where your money is going! And remember - this is not just getting the Hostel built, but providing useful employment to local builders and giving them a wage to feed their families and send their children to school.
Donations are still coming in: in the last few days, cheques for £100 and £125, and an envelope with £20 cash.
Thank you, all!
chriscjenkin@aol.com