{"id":359,"date":"2010-08-26T07:03:53","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T07:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/?p=359"},"modified":"2010-08-26T07:14:20","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T07:14:20","slug":"lequeracabuu-school-is-looking-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spenditwell.com\/updates\/?p=359","title":{"rendered":"Lequeracabu’u School is looking great!"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Simon, Jenny, Agostinho and Dinis had a great trip to Lequeracabu’u school last week. It took 5 hours to get there from Dili \u00a0including serious off-road driving and creek crossing. They also involuntarily witnessed the slaughter of a buffalo (no photos of that!)<\/p>\n

Everyone was really pleased with the progress. Agostinho is happy with the quality of the work – the foundations are strong and deep and they are using good quality wood (not easy to find in Timor). Some villagers are employed by the builder – others are helping voluntarily to keep the road into the village accessible for trucks.<\/p>\n

After the site visit there was a formal meeting with the village elders during which Jenny delivered an impressive impromptu speech in Tetum! The villagers are incredibly grateful for the work that is being done.<\/p>\n

The rains in July have delayed work, but we’re hoping for an October\/November finish. We’ve also asked Mario the builder to quote on making an area into a small football\/volleyball field next to the school.\u00a0 More updates soon.<\/p>\n\n\t\t