By Nicole Kumbula | Fundraising and Partnerships Manager
The second and third quarter of 2023 came with amazing progress on the building front at our permanent USAP Community School campus just outside of Marondera. We are more than proud of the construction team and the headway they have made as most academic and student residential buildings have walls up and a few already have roofs. We continue to plough ahead, this time with certainty that we will hit our target to start the academic year at the permanent campus in Marondera, Zimbabwe come January 2024.
The phase 1 construction project is made up of three groups of buildings: academic,student residences and staff residences. In the academic area, which make up the central part of the campus we have the classroom block, science labs and dining hall. The superstructure on the classroom block and science lab has been completed and the roof structure is being installed. It is on this roof structure that the actual roof will then be placed, a process which will happen by the end of September. For the dining hall the concrete columns are close to 90% completion; from there the constructors will move to the rest of the superstructure.
Turning to student residences: for the three on the boys side, the most advanced residence pictured above has a roof on already. The other two are in the process of their roof structure being installed. We expect these two remaining boys student residents to have roofs in the next two weeks. On the girls side, of the three residences, two are ready to receive the roof structure and the third one will be ready within a week. Finally, for staff residences, the most advanced just had brickwork started, while, rest of them are at the slab level (floor slabs being poured).
We continue with our capital campaign to fundraise to complete Phase One of our permanent campus as we aim to begin 2024 with our next class on our own intentionally-built and sustainable campus. Many thanks to each and every one of you for your continued support that is making it possible for us to reach this momentous goal!
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