Leaving our mark
- Ready for the rest of the sand
Covering the basin
Roof view
Kind neighbors
Today started with the same determination as the previous days with one difference. We would have water. The school and community still did not have water and there wasn’t any rain in sight as it’s the dry season. Inquiries were made into how much it would cost to truck the water in. $400 was the magic number. Carla Whittstock, the founder of the Aqauscape Foundation, put the call out on her blog to the Aquascape family of contractors, distributors and friends. Over $1000 was raised and we were able to start them off with a full system! The difference went to other things the school needed, including two mattresses and a rain barrel for the neighbor we mentioned in Monday’s blog. We had been borrowing the few pavers she had that were essential to us and had also created a bit of a mess in her yard due to our work. We mentioned to her that we wanted to do something for her. She thought about it for a day and requested a rain barrel (she only had a few 5 gal buckets) and a mattress. It turns out that her and her husband, who is blind, slept on cardboard on a wooden bed frame (she is 70 and he is 81). They were so happy when they came and we in return felt grateful that we could help. Al and Chris also hooked them up with better clothes lines (when the wall came down, so did her lines).
The first 2500 gallons of water arrived that afternoon and the final 7500 would arrive Thursday. We continued to move the sand and hoped to have the sytem completed Thursday afternoon.
Til tomorrow….