‘Hoe kijkt coördinator Mussa Nyirenda terug op het project?’
De partner vertelt... van 22 januari 2020 door Mussa Nyirenda
Elk jaar vragen we onze partner hoe het project is gegaan en welke lessen de partner heeft geleerd.
Context and summary
Describe the original plan/idea for the project. Has the project been executed as planned?
The original plan was to construct a school block, 1 toilet and GCR. The project was executed as per plan and a teachers house has also been constructed based on additional funds.
Give a (short) general description of the implementation of the project.
The implementation went on very well in all the programs ranging cultural, touristic, childrens work as well as on construction.
How do you look back on the following topics? How was it arranged, what went well, what could be done better?
Construction
Buildings worked on
The construction went on well. When the team was arriving the foundations had been set on the school block and teachers house but also the pit for the toilet had been dug. When the group arrived they started working on all the facilities concurrently and work progressed well on all the structures. when the group was handing over the structures all of them had been roofed and plastering had also been partially done. The community and the participants worked tirelesly together to have the construction completed.
Tasks to be done
the remaining work to be done included plastering, pointing, painting, fixing glasses, drainage and fixing of doors.
Programs
Children program
The childrens work went on well as the teachers and participants worked together to help the learners with singing, stories from the bible, playing different games and dancing. the participants enjoyed the activities and the learners also enjoyed and had fun.
Cultural and touristic outings
These activities went on well as the home visits, joint church services, visit to the lake, traditional songs and dances took part and were successful.
Life Skills program and Football for Water (also include the amount of tranings given and the number of people from the community actively involved in training).
this activity did not take place
Cooperation and involvement
Leadership team World Servants
There was very good cooperation and consultation when executing the activities. Everyone new his role there were no conflicts on the roles.
Local leaders / key persons
They were always available on the construction site and guided on the distribution of their people on where to work.
Community
They actively participated on the activities ranging from construction, ferrying water, sand, singing, dancing, church service and other activities.
Beneficiaries
They actively took part in the children work activities and also said poems and sang songs
(Local) authorities
They always made sure that their subjects were available and active on the construction and other activities
Facilitation of the team
Accommodation
Accommodation was arranged in 3 classrooms and the other one was the dining room
Food
The chef and kitchen staff made sure the food was always prepared in time and the participants enjoyed the meals. No problems associated with food were reported.
Transportation
No challenges regarding transport were reported and observed.
Safety
there were no safety concerns raised.
Lessons learned
The project was well executed to our best expectations. the small challenge was punctuality of the community members when coming to the projects but its a challenge we had no control. the trip leader and the technical leader were also of the view that there is need to start with beam filling of the structures before starting with roofing and its something which is possible based on the progress made but we also consider time factor because our technical team need to supervise the roofing as well.
