Two more days in Shongweni and a lot has been accomplished. On Tuesday the painters finished the Dludla house, and the team go to rededicate it to a very excited Nomusa. As a special gift, she will be getting a porch put in within the next week as well.
The building team continued to work on the storage unit with only slightly less zeal, but considerably more knowledge, than day one. Under the careful guidance of our local contractor, we constructed all the walls by Wednesday. If all goes according to plan the roof will be added on Friday, and then the women will have additional food storage as well as an extra place to prepare food for the children.
After being in the village for three days, we are starting to recognize the smiling faces of the children that greet us every morning. They are easy to fall in love with, and a game of tag or a push on the swing is the perfect break from the hard work. Someone in the group pointed out that preschools sound the same the world over, and I can't think of a more motivating noise that of screaming, laughing children as we work.
