Child Survival's new roof

It's been a long road for the kids at Child Survival, but today their patience is paying off. When we first met them, rainy season was just beginning and they were getting dripped on--they had a tattered tarp roof and a paper mache ceiling. With our limited funds at that time, we bought a higher-quality tarp that lasted them through the worst of the rains.
Shortly before our return in October, however, a wind storm shredded that tarp also, and we began work on a proper zinc roof for them. Unfortunately, with the masonry work of the building being so haphazard, we're forced to remove half of the old roof at a time, build up the block walls to the same height all the way around, and then zinc over them. Today the old roof comes off, the masons are on-site and prepped to work quickly, and the carpenters on stand-by to raise the trusses as soon as the cement sets.
A little more patience will be required, as the kids will be packed together in half the usual space for the next week or two, but I think they're more than happy to squish... Stay tuned for pictures soon...