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| The Sierra Leone Earthship Recon took place on April 21, 2011. Michael Reynolds visited the proposed site and met with the school's Director in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He gathered information and prepared for the project... |
Appreciation, by Africa Earthship Project Facilitator Shannoh Kandoh
- I am sure by now, all of you must have arrived home after doing a fantastic job on the Earthship Goderich Waldorf School Building project in Sierra Leone. The community, teachers and children are so grateful and proud of your work which has added a new look to the Rokel community. With the build, people are visiting every day to look at the structure with insatiable wonder. I am pleased to let you know that the local volunteers are doing well at building the other classrooms and will be able to complete the whole structure.
- Please accept our compliments for making our dream of a child friendly school environment come true. You can personally say that, With your participation and contributions, children in the Rokel community have opportunity to go to school.
- Thanks so much for being part of this great achievement..
God bless you all.
Shannoh
Earthship Biotecture offerred 10 internship places on the build in Sierra Leone, Africa in October of 2011. The chosen interns worked alongside Michael Reynolds, the Earthship crew and 30 local interns.
The project is a Waldorf school, with catch water, drainage and economical solar power systems. Interns receive the wonderful currency of knowledge in return for their hard work. In addition to free lunch, served on site each day.
This internship filled up quickly with a long waiting list.
This is an explanation of how the Earthship Biotecture concepts can be applied to Freetown, Sierra Leon in Africa following a visit to the area by Michael Reynolds. The concepts were very well received and this document is meant to delineate how to take the first step. It is addressed to the politicos of Freetown but it really applies to all third world countries and should be understood by all countries.
From an intern on the Africa Earthship project - October, 2011.
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I hope you are well. I want to thank you for your great hospitality and effort during our trip to Sierra Leone. The trip was a life changing experience for me and many others I am sure.
The Earthship crew and about twenty interns stayed in one concrete house with a tin roof while building the Earthship school in Sierra Leone. There were two bathrooms.
Sinks with no plumbing, a hole in the floor for a bucket shower and a toilet with tank not hooked up to water. It was a bucket flush... but there was no water. Water had to be hauled in for both shower and flushing. This meant that most of the time there was no water to flush with. So things got a bit stacked up in the toilet. This is how life is in third world countries.
Dear Friends,
Hope you’ve settled down l back home, barely two weeks since you left the shores of Sierra Leone. Today is Thanksgiving Day in Liberia and a public holiday. For me it has been a time for reflection and thankfulness for God’s goodness through your awesome work.
Thanks so much for your support and the great time we spent together. It continues to be my prayer that as you brought joy to our children, your lives will be filled with favor and peace. Whatever good and noble desires you have will come to success. Making my dream come true through your work and sacrifices is a testimony that yours is possible no matter how long it takes.
Dear All,
Please find the latest photo of the local build. It is their first handwork. They're on plastering the third main classroom after completion they proceed to next. They said 14 days is realistic to work on each classroom.
by Sam Elliott, Earthship Africa Project Manager
photo credit: Robert Eke
10 DAYS, 68 CREW, 92 KIDS, 200 LOCALS.
A Pay-it-Forward Project
Teaching locals OUR techniques
to build THEIR Earthship School.
This October 9th, a crew of 28 like minded folk met in Lungi Airport, Sierra Leone. Our mission was to build an Earthship Waldorf school in the Rokel Community, 14km east of Freetown. Among these 28, were 10 Earthship Crew, 7 Return-Interns, and 11 Humanitarian Interns all Lead by Mr. Mike Reynolds.
Arriving by bus into Rokel at 2am, we peered out the windows to see small candles light up the faces and waves of our new friends as they gathered outside their homes. 10 nationalities piled into our humble abode. We all stood around the table slightly jaded by our situation, took a second, and then began setting up mosquito nets by headlamp. All snuggly set-up, we nestled in for a some well needed z’s.
The attached photograph shows the front view of the fourth main structure and toilet with members of the local crew, and Mr. Mohamed Conteh (first from left in photo,taken on Saturday, 21st November 2011. More photos later.
“Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives.”-Rudolf Steiner
Mike Reynolds, Director Earth ship USA, working & training Sierra Leoneans on the build in October 2011.
School Building
In October 2011, the construction of the school building started with 27 interns from all continents of the world and 40 local volunteers. In ten days of active construction work, two of the six proposed classrooms were completed. The other four buildings are under construction by local volunteers who were trained by the Earth ship crew to continue with the work. Most of the locally trained volunteers are the parents and relatives of the children. Now 15 locals have been hired to complete the other four classrooms.
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