Progress at Mahendra School – #14

I worked for 4 hours with the 5 man crew today at the school and built them 2 “Craigie Hoppers” as I saw them struggling with getting the buckets of concrete in the column forms…. Was an honest afternoon and we finished 14 columns today.

Progress at Mahendra School – #13

Most schools went back yesterday and we are seeing them walking to school in their various uniforms. The Mahendra Deaf School students are still on holidays for another week for the Tihar festival that follows right back to back with Doshain festival.

Progress at Mahendra School – #12

Doshain festival is coming to an end and action on the construction site at Mahendra started up again today. Carrie and I helped out pouring concrete for the first five of the columns below grade.

Monsoon season is dragging this year, it’s still raining almost daily, Parshu was just telling me this morning that there are 755 tourists and guides stuck in the mountains all around Nepal because of the weather this year.

Progress at Mahendra School – #11

Still Doshain festival here but on a rainy day we visited the Mahendra School site, all of the grade beams are in and no more excavations have collapsed…. Work resumes in 3 days time.

We visited rural Nepal today and got treated to the best hospitality from Parshu’s in laws.