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Education • Major Milestones

Our new school building – brick by brick

Major Milestones • 11 August 2026

For a long time we taught in two large huts with tin roofs – and under our big tree. But as a state school we need a solid building. So we simply started: brick by brick.

  • 163 m²floor area
  • Oct 2025building began
  • 3 of 4phases done
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October 2025Done

The walls go up

We started with a shock – and with a lot of trust in God. According to David the building costs around €7,000; by the time everything is finished, experience says more like €10,000. We didn’t have the money. But why wait?

  1. The government inspector visits with a team. He sees the classrooms, calls them dangerous for the children, especially when it rains – and threatens to close the school if nothing happens on the solid building.

  2. A generous donor transfers half of the sum we need, and a few smaller donations come in too. Hallelujah!

  3. Within a week the first walls are standing. The Bible school students help and learn on the job.

  4. The walls are much higher now. Everyone there is overjoyed.

The brick walls of the new school building rise, helpers on the scaffoldingStart of building: the foundations of the new school buildingBible school students helping to lay bricksBrick walls of the school building on 11.10.2025Bricklaying on the new school building on 17.10.2025The school building with higher walls
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The building site on 07.10.2025Preparing the building site on 07.10.2025The building site on the morning of 09.10.2025The first walls of the new school buildingBricks laid out for the wallsFoundations and first wallsProgress with the first wallsBricklaying on 09.10.2025Learning on the job at the building siteThe brick walls taking shape, 11.10.2025Brick walls under construction, 11.10.2025The school building under construction on 17.10.2025Building progress on 17.10.2025The bricked classrooms
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November – December 2025Done

Ring beam and roof

For the roof we were still short of around €3,000. Then came one step after another – and in the end a big YEAH.

  1. The last row of bricks is done and the concrete ring beam has been poured. It sits right at the top and holds every building together – a really important step before the roof goes on.

  2. The roof is finished! Hard to believe, but it’s on. Everyone is so happy.

The roof trusses on the new school building, the first red sheets in placeThe finished red roof on the new school buildingThe building with the last row of bricksWork on the roof in December 2025
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The roof from the sidePouring the ring beam in November 2025Working on the ring beamThe school building in November 2025View of the shell with the ring beamThe shell from the sideThe shell just before the roof
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April 2026Done

Windows and doors

With God’s help we were able to fit windows and doors in our big new main building. Now it’s protected – from the rainy season and from burglars.

  1. The windows and doors are in.

The veranda of the new school building with green windows fitted
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Next stepStill open

Floors and plaster

Now all that’s missing are the floors and possibly the plaster on the inside walls. Then our new school building will be finished.

Help with the last step

While building the walls, every €100 meant another row of bricks. Now it’s about floors and plaster – so the children can learn in a finished school building. Thank you to everyone who has helped build it so far!

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