We spent about 4 hours in Sasamunga assessing what their needs were for specialised classrooms, and like almost every other school we had visited Science was a priority for the school.
The building below had been completed a number of years ago and the new science building will go underneath the existing building. It was very common on our trip to see a lot of the structures built like this. The reason was so that the school could expand when it needed to and to also add shelter from he sun to the students. I am sure there are lots more local reasons for building on stilts like the classroom below.
Planning out the location of the new Science classroom with the vice principle (Yellow T Shirt). A very interesting man who had worked in Australia for over 30 years and returned back to his home to teach in the school there.
Discussing the existing building and looking at the old plans with the builder in the village who had completed the existing classroom we were going to build underneath.
My Mechanical engineering head was fascinated to see an old generator near the school, not much has changed in about 50 years. It still looks very similar to some of the generators I worked on before my Solomon life.
A beautiful guest house on the Island, absolute paradise!
The small village beside Sasamunga, where we visited the home of the vice principle.
The Solomon people feel very connected to family and its the most important thing in their lives. The vice principle I met in Sasamunga was very interested to hear what my family though of me being so far away and asked 'how now famali blo uifella' (how is my family) so I couldn't resist taping some pidgin with such a beautiful background.
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