Nene, our school co-ordinator, is back in Canchungo getting everything ready for the start of school. School starts on Monday 7th September 2026.

Making around 600 blocks a day, by hand. It is inspiring to see the local men working to make the blocks for the 420m perimeter wall. They are grateful for the work and we are grateful for their skill and speed, using local materials and building blocks in the traditional way for Guinea-Bissau. Hand mixing cement, they are using moulds to form the blocks, which then dry in the sun. One bag of cement, mixed with sand (locally-sourced and hand-sieved), makes around 30 blocks. The men are making...

After 18 days solid work, the 420m foundations for the boundary wall are complete. We are so grateful to get this work finished before the rains start in May. The men feasted on a pig and cans of juice to celebrate the end of this arduous work. You can see they've already set the iron in place for pillars. The next task will to begin making 11,000 concrete blocks, by hand, to build the wall. Did you know one bag of cement makes 30 blocks? And one team of 4 men can make 600 cement blocks by...