It's Tuesday and we're passing through Manila on our way to our next base outside the city. Yesterday we finally finished the verandas at Joyland. Needless to say like all building projects it overran and had the usually problems of the wrong size materials and sufferred other minor practical difficulties - nevertheless, we still managed to complete 2 structures along the sides of the buildings and the shell and roof of the extension on the back. Joyland is an amazing project and we all look forward to sharing more on our return.
In Dacutan, we were (fortunately) unable to do any work, I say fortunately as it involved breaking up a cracked concrete floor with only hand tools. Although part had sunk, the rest looked remarkably firm and not something that could have been done in the two days, instead we were able to redeploy the time to Joyland as mentioned above. Anyway, the Chinese who built the school room and youth centre in the first place are to return to fix it.
So on to Payatas and a landscaping project in the youth centre, and all that it may bring. It has been great so far using time and effort to help make a difference with the work here - more will follow in due course I'm sure.
Glen
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