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The next step is to start digging a well which will be a blessing for our project and the whole area. Joseph wrote: Once we have a good well built by legal standards, it will also help the surrounding population, even by selling drinking water at a very low price so that we always have a little money to maintain the well.

We invested in the purchase and installation of an expensive electric cable in order to bring electricity to his house. The house will be used partly for living quarters and partly as a workshop and future training center. Joseph went right away to action to get the electricity installed. Wiring electricity in the bush has its own challenges. Not only do you have to purchase your own cable, you al...

Gilbert informed us that the COLK orphanage had problems with their electric wiring, which caused the top floor, the boys rooms, to burn down. We sent some money via Madlen for the reconstruction. She also offered them to take their orphans for an educational camp she is organizing during the summer holidays in her orphanage.

Since the area where we planned another project with Jean experiences tribal uprisings, we have to put this project on hold for now.

Madlen offered help with the purchase of the electric cable including needed accessories, good quality tools for the farm and a proper water pump. We also financed the food for the workers as well as seeds and seedlings. Joseph organized a team of workers who cleared the land and planted the seeds and seedlings. He reports: I believe that I am surrounded by men and women of good will who are wil...

Our school director Philemon continued to oversee the work on the acacia and palm nut tree nurseries. The students have now been able to plant the first batches of trees on our field around the school. Two hectares of cassava, the main staple food in the Congo, have also been planted. After many similar previous ventures in Mushapo, all of which we unfortunately had to stop due to theft, this is a...