By Grace Dubois | Senior Programme Officer
With the technical help of eMi Global, Health and Hope continue to make good progress on the new cyclone proof training center despite heavy rainfall.
Our team of local builders worked long hours in May to ensure the first-floor cement slab was in place before rainy season hit Myanmar. Each year these rains cut off Lailenpi, a small rural town in western Myanmar, from the outside world. Currently, telephone and internet signals are weak and the roads to the town are completely impassable by car. Because of the hard work of the local builders, work continues on site.
Over the last three months, the first-floor concrete slab has provided protection from the rain allowing the ground-floor brick wall to be constructed in addition to the stairs being built and window and door frames installed. Preparations are now being made for the end of the monsoon when the roads will open and builders can start work on roof.
We are hoping to complete the building work in March 2019, after which the training centre will be an invaluable asset as we bring hope to the poorest in western Myanmar. These facilities will allow us to continue to run vital health, education and food security projects to the most impoverished rural communities.
Thank you for your support for this project which is allowing us to envision and empower rural communities in this isolated corner of Myanmar to become thriving through self-development.
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