I received an email from my good friends in Biga yesterday letting me know that the roofing materials have finally arrived! After weeks of waiting and being in constant contact with the factory and distributer, the sandwich panels arrived Thursday. In two days time the roof will be finished and work inside the center can commence. The roof has been the missing linchpin in the building process this summer, as any interior work requires protection from the elements.
In the meantime the women have already been hard at work. The group of teachers and volunteers that will be life-force of the center have been walking around the neighborhoods closest to the center, telling people about the center's functions and goals, and asking local women what they would use the center for. Their main purpose is to survey local families on their greatest needs and challenges, as well as the ways they could use the center to find solutions. Would they be likely to enroll in a women's savings group, or would they be more interested in the practical value of sewing lessons and the use of the center's sewing machines? How old are their children, and would they be interested in entering them in preschool or daycare? Would the family potentially use this as a social space?
1. The roofings supplies in front of the center:
2. The survey team hard at work!
Thanks for reading!
:) Jill
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