Raising the roof....higher!!

After delays due to rain, strikes, supplies and festivals, we are now forging ahead with our second storey. As you can see from the photos there has been lots of activity. Not to mention lots of bamboo poles!The concrete of the roof is poured in a day with many, many people working in a carefully choreographed team to get it all happening in time.  No cement mixers here and bowls of concrete are carried on the heads of some workers to others who slap it down, smooth it out and turn around for the next lot. At the end of the day, when everything is done, we provide a meal to all the workers and we celebrate the stage we have reached.Recently we received another generous donation from the IPCA.  Our increased visibility means that more women know about us and the there are more requests for us to help.  This means more demands on legal resources, training resources, short term help, and so we are so grateful for the donation coming in! We are really glad too, that now people know that we are where we are to stay!The other week, Kopila was the subject of a Nepali TV series featuring people who are working to bring peace in Nepal.  Obviously it is in Nepali, but you can still see her passion, pride and determination and you get a real sense of our place, our lives. I hope the link works and that you can see it  here. More soon!