Blog #45 – C4C: The Aftermath

Monday morning. It was back to a regular workweek. No more football, no more games, no more children. I have to admit that I was a little put out. However, the nice thing was that I was starting my day at Matswane Primary continuing the work on the conservation centre/camp site. Today we worked on building a fire pit, so some of the girl actually learned how to brick lay from Polo, a local that was supervising and directing us. He was a jack of all trades – welding, construction, bricklayer, you name it.

My job today was a little lack luster. I was the only one that could reach the high centre peak of the ceiling with any ease. So I spent my day on the ladder – definitely would not pass safety standards back home, haha. But it was a lot of work and my shoulders killed by the end of the morning. I had packed the Indian food from last night for lunch, so that was delicious – and yes I shared with everyone else. I felt for them as they just had sandwiches :)

We continued working into the afternoon the main chunks of the building where pretty much done and the next two days would be spent making it look like a more welcoming and functional space.

I spent the end of the day back in the office working out details for a trip to Namibia for the weekend. All of the documentarians and the USC volunteers would be coming – thirteen people in total – and there was promise for a good time. I managed to find accommodation for all of us for ten dollars CND a person per night – pretty wicked! I also had a combi (mini-bus) hired, which we would drive there and back for just $200 for the weekend – plus the cost of petrol obviously, pretty sweet! Everyone was wiped from the full day of work outside so there wasn’t any excitement in the evening as everyone crashed pretty early.