ST. PETERS SCHOOL PROJECT IN BEREKUM

Went to Berekum (40 km from Sunyani) this morning for their service and a visit to the school site to see the building progress. Enthusiastic congregation, the building progress is slow (been working on this for 11 years now) but still moving forward. In Canada a church would raise some funds and get a mortgage for the remainder, and then build but in Ghana the interest rates for loans range from 80 to 120% meanwhile your saving gains no interest and the bank charges you for keeping your money --it seems there is something wrong with this picture to me some how

last year

today,
 bamboo poles hold up the flat board which serve as the base when the concrete is poured for the second floor, a layer of paper is laid on the boards to prevent the concrete from seeping between the boards, no concrete mixer truck, it is all mixed by hand and taken up via wheel barrow

Mother Ben Smith and moi, . her late husband was the first priest at St. Peter's and the school will be named after him

Parish Church Council for St. Peter'sthe gentleman on my right is the Evangelist and  the woman on my left is a warden (nice robes eh!!) priest's wife is on his left
Fr. Josiah and family are actually a missionary priest and family sent from Nigeria for two terms of three years.