Lathes For Africa Update 3: Lathe Complete and
Photos! Sorry we didn't send an update sooner; we're
very busy doing things to write in it! We have a
fully functioning lathe now, and it took a lot of
innovations to get there. We have tested it, and will
start realy using it tomorrow. The locals really took
initiative to find creative solutions to problems,
and we helped as teammates along the way. That's
exacftly what we had hoped for! We are already
working on the second lathe, which will be simpler in
some ways, yet more versatile in others. Some of us
got a tour of the local village last night; ate some
local food, played some pool; it was awesome. The
whole experience, both working and playing, is
fantastic. Tomorrow we'll keep working on the lathes
here. Monday we leave for another two towns, then
back to Arusha for a day or two, then into real "bush
land" with the Maasai. Enjoy the attached photos!
Shrey - please post some of these and the updates on
the front page of the website. Thanks!
14/08/08 19:47
Hi All,
Sorry we didn't send an update sooner; we're very busy doing things
to write in it! We have a fully functioning lathe now, and it took a
lot of innovations to get there. We have tested it, and will start
realy using it tomorrow. The locals really took initiative to find
creative solutions to problems, and we helped as teammates along the
way. That's exacftly what we had hoped for! We are already working on
the second lathe, which will be simpler in some ways, yet more
versatile in others. Some of us got a tour of the local village last
night; ate some local food, played some pool; it was awesome. The
whole experience, both working and playing, is fantastic.
Tomorrow we'll keep working on the lathes here. Monday we leave for
another two towns, then back to Arusha for a day or two, then into
real "bush land" with the Maasai.
Enjoy the attached photos! Shrey - please post some of these and
the updates on the front page of the website. Thanks!
Sorry we didn't send an update sooner; we're very busy doing things
to write in it! We have a fully functioning lathe now, and it took a
lot of innovations to get there. We have tested it, and will start
realy using it tomorrow. The locals really took initiative to find
creative solutions to problems, and we helped as teammates along the
way. That's exacftly what we had hoped for! We are already working on
the second lathe, which will be simpler in some ways, yet more
versatile in others. Some of us got a tour of the local village last
night; ate some local food, played some pool; it was awesome. The
whole experience, both working and playing, is fantastic.
Tomorrow we'll keep working on the lathes here. Monday we leave for
another two towns, then back to Arusha for a day or two, then into
real "bush land" with the Maasai.
Enjoy the attached photos! Shrey - please post some of these and
the updates on the front page of the website. Thanks!