The new year, 2026, is the year of the new look, and to start off with we are putting glass in the window frames. We had most of the glass cut last week and now it is time to change the way the building looks by putting them in. This new stage is one of the things which will upgrade both the appearance and the usefulness of the building. The […]
Today was another milestone in the building of the recording studio and Chejeji FM’s first home; it was time to pour the concrete floor. We are over a month behind our desired schedule due to the lack of cement in Ikelenge! We were wondering if it was an issue with the road as that is getting steadily worse due to the rains, but the cement sellers here in Ikelenge have […]
What a change!!! Walking into the building now things are really different as all the interior walls are plastered, and most of the rooms are ready for the concrete floor. We are thankful to the Lord that things are slowly taking shape even with shortages of cement and building materials in Ikelenge plus adverse weather. The first day of plastering outside, Ikelenge received our first hail storm of the year […]
At the moment, the shell of the studio building is just a place for wasps, bats and cats to hide in, but that is not it’s end goal. Those of us working on the building have seen many changes over the past number of months and it is now beginning to look like what we want. Now that the main structure of the building is in place the time has […]
What a time for celebration today; we have finished the roof of the recording studio! Due to the special nature of this building, since it is a recording studio, we needed to do some special things to the roof. Normally here in Ikelenge, we get about 6 months of rain each year. Rain, whether heavy or light, always makes a noise on a tin roof – often making it sound […]
Even though the rains have been quite regular over the past few months, we are thankful that the work on the recording studio is progressing. With some more supplies and some good hard work, we have finished the structure of the roof! Once that was done, the builders got busy to finish all the walls and gables right up to where the roofing sheets will go. There were a lot […]
While we wait for more supplies, let me give an update on how far things have gone with the recording studio building. The rest of the trusses went up well, even the last one which most deemed was going to be the most difficult one of them all. How thankful we are that all were kept safe as we walked along the top of walls moving and erecting the trusses. […]
Slowly but surely the building designated to be a recording studio is taking shape. The ring beam has been installed and home made trusses are now sitting on top of the ring beam pointed skyward. There was much discussion as the trusses were made regarding their size as they were made to have an overhang (extend beyond the walls) of almost 2 meters! Such is unheard of here in Ikelenge […]
It is a hot day at the end of August, yet there is much activity in the old Kantumoya homestead. Trucks have started to come in bringing crushed stones and sand – an indication of construction work about to begin. Rumors have been circulating that the old Kantumoya homestead is now in new hands and it is true. The house structure which had reached just above window level many years […]
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