Jackton

April 26, 2017

We will be putting the legs together today.  Helen came this morning to say goodbye.  She is heading to another town to begin school term again (she is becoming a teacher) She wore a beautiful dress! It matches with the bracelet I gave to her as a gift ;) It was a bracelet I got from the Kisumu Masai Market. I will miss her.

And... we finally hired the first youth! The point of this bunk bed project was to create job opportunities for youth.  In the city of Kissie, a lot of youths who are in financial difficulties (in college or drop out of college) take risky jobs to make money (a lot of girls sell themselves on the street).  This project aims to help these youths in getting jobs where they can get paid, also learn how about woodworking and how to build stuff.

Jackton is 22 yeras old. Today, I taught him how to use the circular saw with the 90 degree jig, how to adjust blade height, and made sure he puts on all safety gears (Also to unplug saw when adjusting blade height). He was wearing sandals today so we told him he’ll have to wear shoes next time, to be safe.

We are done pretty much everything!! 

The chickens like to wonder around in the shop. Maybe it likes to be where the people are.  We thought this was okay until they pooped on one of our pieces! (which had shellac on) We cleaned the piece and no longer allow them to freely walk around

The shop

Drilling holes on the bed leg, so we can nail the pieces together

 

Assembling the legs together. The cross bars are ladder for the bed

Most pieces are now on their third coat (clear varnish)