Scroll down to see the progress from start to current status.

These pictures document the start to the completion of Mubaku Bright Future School’s first four classrooms.

Work was completed on the foundation for the four-room schoolhouse in the spring of 2018.

With the contributions raised during Charles’ visit to the USA in early Nov 2018, materials were purchased and delivered. (Nov 20, 2018)

Red soft soil pile with buildings foundations in the back.

The first load of red soft soil being delivered!

More sand and for Slab Fill, Cement and Plaster!

Cement and Plaster Sand

Red soft soil with schoolhouse foundations in the background.

Rocks to build the pillars.

Sample Material Costs

150 bags of cement at 33,000 UGX (Ugandan Shillings)  $8.90 USD each,  with transportation costs of 3,500 UGX (0.94 USD each) have arrived on site.

6 Truckloads of red soft soil at   150,00 UGX ($40.47 USD each) to fill in the floor before pouring the final slab.

4 Truckloads of rocks so far at a total cost of 1,400,00 UGX ($377.68 USD)

Charles is buying locally sourced materials whenever available.  Local labor is being hired, so the project benefits the kids with a new schoolhouse and the village.

The engineer (Contractor) came on-site on Tuesday (Nov 27th), and work started on the building.

Nov 28, 2018 progress:  Bricklaying has begun!

building the front steps

Laying Brick

Working on the back wall

Front Wall Rising

Nov 29: Students inspecting the school construction

View of Work Site

Nov 30, 2018 progress:  Bricklaying continues! Working on scaffolding for the upper part of the walls.

Starting laying upper wall bricks

The villagers start working early in the morning.

Front of the building, team mixing cement.

Laying another row of brick

Working up on homemade scaffolding

Rebar and Lumber for the school.

Dec 1st, 2nd, and 4th  Work Continues

Another 6,700 locally made bricks purchased at the cost of 1,675,00 Ugandan Shillings or $448.68

The backside of the school.  This a large building.

Dec 2, 2018: 6,700 more bricks have been delivered!

Dec 4, 2018: Upper walls almost finished!

Dec 4, 2018. It is amazing how fast the building has gone up!

Dec 5, 2018: Early morning on the worksite. Work is progressing on interior walls.

Click to see video and pictures from Dec 2, 2018, Bright Future Nursery and Primary School Graduation and Celebration of the schoolhouse’s start of construction.

Dec 9, 2018: The plate beams are in!

The beams took a little longer than expected because of arranging the timbers, putting up the rebar (called iron bars in Uganda), and mixing up the aggregates.

The Contractor (called the engineer in Uganda) advised Charles that after he finishes the wall plate, he will give it time to set before starting on the roof, so in case of cracks, he can fix that before roofing starts.

Dec 9, 2018. Wallplates are in!

Dec 13, 2018: Ozhelle Gilbert, Head Teacher, inspecting the construction

While they wait for the walls to cure, they will add soft soil to the classroom floors to prepare for pouring the floor.

Dec 22, 2018: All the walls are completed!

Dec 22, 2018: Completed Back Wall

Dec 22, 2018: Completed End Wall

Dec 22, 2018: Completed Front Wall

Dec 23, 2018: All Walls Complete!

Work remaining to be done:

  • Finish the floor
  • Construct roof
  • Plaster walls
  • Install windows and doors
  • Construct the veranda
  • Add toilets to site

Jan 25, 2019: Materials for the roof, doors, and windows are arriving!

Jan 21, 2019: Fabricating Windows and Doors

Jan 24, 2019: Loading roofing into a truck in Kampala for transport to Mubaku

Jan 24, 2019: Doors ready for loading into trull in Kampala for transport to Mubaku

Unloading Roof Panels

Jan 25, 2019: Unloading doors

Jan 25, 2019: Unloading lumber for roof

Jan 26, 2019:  Construction is underway again!

Jan 26, 2019: Window shutters being installed

Wallplates being readied for roof trusses.

Stacking roof trusses on walls

Jan 26, 2019: View inside of stacked roof trusses

Roof trusses ready to install over a  classroom.  The floor is not yet poured.

Jan 26, 2019: Great Progress!  Roof trusses started. All window shutters installed.

Jan 27, 2019: Roof trusses going up

Roofing being installed

Doors are installed,  roofing continues.

Jan 29, 2019: Roof is Completed!

Kids helping get the floors ready for the cement pour.

Gilbert helping out doing whatever needs to get done

Roof, Doors, and Windows Complete

Feb 8, 2019: Plastering walls and mounting blackboards

Mixing Plaster

Plastering

Plaster Finished and Blackboard mounted in Classroom 1

Feb 8, 2019: Preparing the floors for finishing

Jan 24 to Feb 14, 2019: Building the latrine.

Jan 24: Start digging latrine For school

The latrine hole is finished.

Laying brick for the latrine

Feb 22, 2o19:  Progress on the site continues.

Feb 22, 2019: Latrine almost to slab level

Feb 22, 2019; Outside Plastering Completed!

Feb 24, 2019: Finishing up the hole

Feb 26, 2019: Preparing top of the pit

Feb 27, 2019: Finished pour. The schools  in the background

May 24, 2019; View of Latrine with the school in the background

May 24, 2019: Boy’s side

May 24, 2019: Girl’s side

May 24, 2019: Side View

June 29, 2o19:  Classes are held in the new building!

Students arriving at the new building

Lining up for classes

First sessions in the new building.  Floors are still dirt.

July 8, 2o19: The children are working hard to make the compound of their new school clean and beautiful.

Students making the schoolyard nice

They are making a lot of progress.

  

Cement for the floors

August, 2o19: Floors are in!

A B C

Sept and Oct, 2o19: Finishing the building.

To handle the expansive soil, a short wall is built so that the soil movement affects the short wall instead of the building walls. Then the space between the two is cemented over, so water runs away from the main walls.

Building short wall

Building up the shirt wall

Adding the Cement Cap

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Students inspecting the school construction