Today was a mix of many emotions. We visited the land that possibilities bought towards the end of last year. Had a frank discussion about the goat project and spent time with the children from Bula children's home. As has always been our worry with trying to manage a project like this at distance, it seems that too many strong characters have clashed over the goat project and the goats have been neglected. The goats are not as healthy or as many as we had hoped or expected. Tomorrow we will visit the project for ourselves and hold some meetings with stakeholders and clearly restate the purpose and expectancy for this project.
The land is superb. It lies on a gentle slope and is rectangular. The upper part is quite stony and the lower very fertile as it falls away eventually through other plots to marshland in the valley. This is perfect for our needs as we want to build at the top and cultivate the lower portion of the plot. This evening we helped the children with their homework without any electricity to solar powered camping lamps. Such a joy to be able to spend so much quality time with them. They were all sitting wearing their woolly hats that had been donated before the trip. It is 28 degrees and the children want to wear their woolly hats. There is still no power in the house and I cannot possibly send this today so you may get a double portion tomorrow.
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