Just yesterday we had this beautiful celebration of an official blessing and opening of the very first convent of Sisters of Resurrection in the whole continent of Africa, which happened to be built by my workers and myself at Buturu in the compound of Chief Wanzagi Girls' Secondary School (some 10 km from Kiabakari just off the main road from Kiabakari to Butiama).
Bishop Michael Msonganzila of Diocese of Musoma presided over the celebration, well attended by clergy, religious, invited guests and - of course - school community itself.
He blessed two new classrooms which we built as well as an another step in ongoing expansion and development of the school.
It was a day of joy, satisfaction and feelings of accomplishment for me and my workers. We started the construction works on November 14th, 2009 and - with just a few short periods of necessary rest - continued until the successful completion of both projects in April 2010.
There was another project in the area.
It started just before ours...
Whenever I drove my old beat up pickup from Kiabakari to Buturu, I always passed by that other project site...
Yesterday I passed by too - for the last time - on my way to participate in the blessing and opening of Sisters' convent and new classrooms...
And that other project was still far from completion. A tarmac surface on the new bus stand in Kiabakari.
So far, the construction company hired for the task (as the info billboard states) managed to bring several layers of murram and soil on top of existing muddy-soily surface. That's it (the picture below was taken on my mobile a month ago, but so far those heaps of mud and gravel are roughly evened, that's it)...
And my people in Kiabakari, who felt for the short while a bit more secure being able to ply their trade in the new stand, off the main road, some eight months ago were forced to go back to old stand, right in the middle of the busy highway, risking their lives, fighting for every penny, swarming around incoming vehicles, selling whatever foodstuff they have, to earn their living...
(See the new bus stand in the background of this picture)
I wonder how long it will take to accomplish the task and let the people go back to where they duly belong - in the new bus stand?
Well...That's relativity.
And the bus stand project has not ben finished yet as we speak... Just to let you know :)
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, we were able to open a pre-school and primary school, build a main water tank and the sisters' convent. Same area, but as if we are living in different modi operandi and modi vivendi...and this too is a relativity...
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