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1) A video introduction
2) Some Views of Construction Stages
3) Views of finished buildings
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1) A video introduction
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2) Some Views of Construction Stages
Below is the site where KWAUSO would be built. Before the request for the School plot was made to the Village of Itahwa Fr. Stanislaus had sighted the plot. It was an empty stretch of land except for the wild grass that can be seen in the picture that taken on the day of the said visit. The whitish spot about the centre of the picture is Fr. Stan's vehicle.
Preparations to build started
Rocks and large stones crushed manually
Bricks made and baked
A kiln of baked bricks, November, 2007
Building started early 2008
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Shortly later
By November 2008. Gathering sand, aggregates and other materials for an upper floor.
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Adding the upper floor
Water from nearest stream with buckets on head
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Villagers pave way and clear compound with hoes
These are mothers.
They came to help out. They wish even their children could access a quality education at Kwauso
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Fixing trusses
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Laying the foundation for the dining hall, October 2010
Fixing the trusses was another interesting challenge as the following pictures can show
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A truss is lifted from the ground
Team work is necessary
The truss will rise
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Almost there
Yet another push
Adjustments for right positioning
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Towards the final steps
Synchronized pushing, pulling and positioning
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Slow but sure
Right there
The first truss is ready
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A roof on the dining hall
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| Painting of Administration building goes on, August 2, 2014 |
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| Administration Building is roofed, June 3, 2014 (The Physics lab on the upper floor was donated as a Memorial of the late Ma Justina Mukahigi, February 7,2014) |
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Year 2013
Over 40 workers involved in laying slab for upper floor
Administration Building, December 31, 2013
Laying the slab, December 31, 2013
Work going on
Construction of Administration Building in progress,
iron core for upper slab, December 2013
Construction of Administration Building in progress, Setting wooden base for upper floor slab
December 2013
Construction of the Administration Building in Progress,
November 2013
Brickwork on the administration block,
November 2013
Setting a column on the Administration building,
November 2013
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One Teachers' house under construction (2018)
KWAUSO CONSTRUCTION BY MAY 2017
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KWAUSO CONSTRUCTION BY YEAR 2014
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Above: KWAUSO, Central Perspective with unfinished Administration Building in foreground, September 2014 |
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| Finishing of Part of the Administration Building nearing Completion, August 26, 2014 |
PHASE 2 CLASSROOM CONSTRUCTION
(August-December, 2012)
Kwauso as viewed from the Northern angle, January 2013
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Interior of classroom as painting approaches end
CONSTRUCTION OF CLASSROOMS
(The pictures in this Section show the work that started Mid-October 2011. Pictures of earlier construction work come under Section B of this page )
Laying foundation for 4 classrooms
Classroom Foundation: (Prior buildings in background)
Walls on the foundations rise
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Classroom buildings begin to take shape
The four classrooms in 2 buildings
Ready for roofing
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Both buildings almost ready for the roof
SECTION B: EARLIER CONSTRUCTION
Front view of roofed classroom
Rear view of roofed classrooms
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Flooring and plastering of walls almost ready
One of two classroom buildings, front view, January 8, 2011
Four classrooms, (in two buildings), front view, January 8, 2012
A classroom building (two classrooms), rear view, January 8, 2012
The two classroom buildings, rear view, January 8, 2012
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Two similar classroom blocks almost ready by January 23,
2012. From start to finish one of them was donated by the Family of Mr. Philip
and Paula Steele of North Henderson,
Illinois, USA.
Side and front view of the two classroom buildings, January 23, 2012
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Dormitories; Dining hall; Bathrooms; Kitchen, November 2010
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3) Views of finished buildings
At the arrival of the first students the buildings looked like this
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APPEARANCE BY JUNE 2019
Newly built classroom block, on right.
