Monday, July 12, 2010

Dinner and a Movie

Today was another work day. With our departure right around the corner, this is definitely crunch time. Unfortunately, crunch time means stress, stress means a weakened immune system, and that can lead to fatigue and illness. Three of us were feeling that this afternoon, but a nice nap seemed to get everyone back on their feet. As far as the rest of this post goes, it will be kept brief, so that I can actually sleep tonight and fight the rest of my fatigue.

So here's the quick breakdown of project updates:

The trikes are coming along well, but definitely have lots more to do. Today we started to outfit the third electric trike for Kampadelemba's sister's. We took some measurements and got all of the controls made up accordingly. We still need to mount the controls on both that trike and Malijua's. We've also been keeping up with Yempabou's trike, monitoring any issues he has had with it. Aside from a few extra features Yempabou has asked for and a mis-sized tube, his testing has gone well.

Unfortunately, due to Justin and I missing a bit of the afternoon, not much else was accomplished. The next day and a half will be rather strenuous.

The education stuff seems to be going well, from what I've heard. The kids have taken a fascination with the idea of snow, so tomorrow the plan is to have a mock snowball fight. Aside from that, I haven't heard of any recent fights or other problems, so I'm assuming things are going well.

Biodiesel is looking promising. Mike has been brewing up batches of oil and tomorrow, I believe, he'll be pioneering the press.

Tonignt for dinner we had the Burkinabe Director of the Center for the Advancement of the Handicapped and his wife over. It was good. Afterwards, Fransoise and Matt joined us and we watched a brief movie on the center. We then discussed the work of the center with everyone.

-Alex
mobility team

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