Making Charcoal

July 24
As we drove down the road to Lassia for Mass , we passed many women carrying large containers of charcoal on their heads. It was market day in Wa and they were walking to Wa to sell their charcoal. Charcoal is used for cooking and is made by burning wood in a huge pile of soil. This buried pile of burning wood is in our Centre and has been burning for the past four days.

On our way home we passed the Vieri Primary School. The three room school was constructed by Chalice. It is now overcapacity, so some classes are held outside as you can see in this picture. Look carefully and you will see the standing wooden blackboard, which was purchased by Chalice.

A close-up view of the outdoor classroom and standing wooden blackboard.