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Building a school in Tauripampa

First of all; a big THANK YOU to everybody that contributes to the school project in Tauripampa. Financing of the project is now secured and the first phase on the way. Thank you to all for helping in your own way to make this possible. In the beginning of December we started the project by going to the village of Tauripampa. We took a night bus from Lima and arrived in Huaraz at 07.30 in morning. After a quick breakfast, we went by bus to Carhuaz, 40 minutes from Huaraz. There, we met representatives from the School Council in Carhuaz, the head teacher at the school in Tauripampa and our driver into the mountains. After approximately a 20 minute drive into the mountains, we came to the village Auquipampa, our first stop. This village was part of the assessment for the school project, but we considered Tauripampa to be in a greater need. As they were not to get a new school this time, we instead handed out Christmas presents to the children in preschool age something that was very well received.

We had to continue our trip to Tuaripampa and after one hour on the road we arrived in the village, which is beautifully situated on a plateau and possesses a spectacular view to 'everywhere', the car was soon surrounded by children who have been waiting our arrival. We soon started with the distribution of school materials and Christmas gifts for the children. After that we meet with the authorities and everyone involved in the project. The principal started with the welcome speech and a review of the project’s schedule. Then there was the speech from the representative of the School Council, a walk-through of the project from Xcode with explanation of the plan, who the contributors are and the whole construction process coming. There were some questions from the audience, mainly related to the schedule and the actual construction process.

When all clarifications were done, we signed the agreement where Xcode guarantees that the new school buildings will be constructed. This is necessary for the village to start the demolition of two buildings (or the remains of the two buildings) and preparation for actual construction.

Here a quick review of the schedule to come, again thank you to everyone for your help and we will be bringing more news about the project soon.

January:

Formalities will be sorted out with the authorities.
Sign contract with the construction company.
Start demolition, bringing down the existing building.
Mid January we will transport most of the material needed for the construction (except for the roof).
Start construction as soon as possible.

February: