DAY 9 (April 1st, 2009)
Things are happening in African time. There is still a problem with the rig and it started to rain so the project area had to be drained. NOTE: There is one rainy season, which occurs between December and April. The hottest months, June – October are the hottest months of the year with temperatures rising […]
DAY 8 (March 31st, 2009)
Another update: 1. Moshi had a conference with the community to keep them up date about the water project and what to expect 2. The engineers continued to set up the rig 3. They had to check the rig because there was a problem with the gearbox. 4. They spent most of the day testing […]
DAY 7 (March 30th, 2009)
Finally in Chekku, the project area: 1. Drilling team arrived in Kalema (close to site) around 2PM 2. Moshi, Mr Bago and Mr. Wilson drove with their driver to Cheku to alert the villagers and ask for help clearing the roads. 3. 100 of the village men cleared the road so the drilling truck could […]
DAY 6 (March 29th ,2009)
The drilling team is 20KM from Dodoma, about 3 hours away from the project area.
DAY 3 – 5 (March 26th – 28th, 2009)
The truck was still in Morogoro and there was nothing the water committee could do but wait. Toni Swai, the mechanical engineer, spoke regularly with Moshi with updates that usually ended with: “Tomorrow we will be there and start the drilling”. Moshi was able to get the bluetooth on his computer working and he sent […]
DAY 2 (March 25th, 2009)
Lara spoke to Moshi in the morning (his evening) and at night (his morning). Moshi was getting more and more frustrated because he could not get a hold of Wilson and it was making the Water Committee very nervous. Moshi and Lara texted back and forth. LARA: Did the water team come yet? LARA: I’m […]
DAY 1 (March 24th, 2009)
The project was supposed to have started today but the Hydro Tech truck broke down east of the project area in Morogoro. It was very stressful for Moshi because he could not get a hold of Wilson, the team leader. He sent a short email to Dominik later that day explaining what happened. hi dominik, […]
