Summary of Gowrie's field visit 19.06.2010

Gowrie's team visited the site and was pleased to note that the main rafters for supporting the roof of the building have been fixed. Work is ongoing fixing the cross beams. Interior plastering work is continuing. The blackboards have been fixed.

Further, the base for the 4 new toilets has been built. The septic tank was being dug. Once the new toilets are completed, the renovation of the old toilets will start. All toilet work will be finished before the water supply work will commence.

Ther numbers of workers on the site have been increased. Most are from Katpakapuram Village.

Gowrie Field Visit Report - 09.06.2010

This time we went to the site in the late afternoon, unlike in the past which has been during the day. This was also an unannouced visit in order to maintain the element of surprise. All Ganam Builders workers and Sam were there.

Work is progressing rapidly on the building. The steel frames for the roof have been mounted. The plastering of all exterior walls and 1 interior room have been completed.

The foundation has been dug for the new toilets

Almost all the workers on the site were from the Katpakapuram village.
I understand from the Engineer that the work on the school building should be completed in 2 weeks time. We will also do a workplan and a financial plan for the other community based work.

Summary of Gowrie's field visit 29.05.2010

The MT team visited the site well before the planned time in order to add an element of surprise to the visit. We were extremely please to find that Ganam Builders team were in working steadily, with Mr Chandrapalan the supervisor present at the site. We were pleased to note that a remarkable amount of progress has been made in the structure. We were informed that the steel truss which supports the roof has been made and will be mounted on Monday. There were 4 workers from the Katpakapuram village in that days construction team. If work continues at this pace, and good weather holds, it is estimated that all work on the school building can be completed by mid June.

On the toilet and water supply works, we have received estimates from the contractor from the Katpakapuram village contractor and Ganam Builders and we should decide who to give the job in the near future.

Next Field Visit is planned for 5th June