The latest request from our
Vhutshilo Mountain School (VMS) friends, a school building addition, continues
to be a “top priority” and is considered an ongoing urgent need. VMS is in dire
need of this addition, which will add necessary classroom space for their 51
preschoolers and double as a workshop/meeting space for outreach projects and
community use. Currently our ‘overflow toddlers’ are using space in the
Halfway House, which prevents VMS from accommodating visitors and teaching
assistants. The last we heard, the cost is approximately R230,000 ($28,000 USD) for the
building addition alone.
A heartbreaking realization
is that VMS friend and architect, Eric Giradin passed away a year
ago and although he made the preliminary drawings for this addition, he will
not be seeing his vision come to fruition. However, Eric will always be fondly
remembered by his VMS family.
VMS has 2000 handmade blocks
in storage that were created last year before the project was halted. Sue-Anne
has made the brave decision to buy additional cement, sand and to begin making
the next batch of blocks with money provided by the Church of Scotland.
Hopefully HFL will soon find additional money to help with this project.
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