On Saturday, April 16th, we made our first attempt at building a tap stand model which we'll install this summer in Rwanda. While it's not possible to replicate the conditions, resources, weather, etc. which we'll have in country, practicing building our model is vital to ensuring its quality, durability, and feasibility. In other words, it was a test run for this summer.
Group Picture
(from left to right: Ankit, Jeff, Cori, Andy, Josh, and Eric). In the background, you can see our concrete mixer, which we most definitely won't have on site.
Travel team photo
(From left to right: Cori, Andi, Eric, Lila, and Ankit). Elliot, our professional mentor who will be traveling with us this summer, is not pictured. Likely he was taking care of his twin boys who he brought along for the party!
The Finished Product
Obviously, it needs work. Overall, we found that the slab was solid, but we'll need to change the position of the drain. We also really need to change to the structure of the stand (albeit we did have to improvise with old flower pots to form it.) Also, we'll need to improve concrete making as well.
We plan to have another build day after we tweak the design and go through our "lessons learned" from today. Overall, we had a lot of fun and it was a great experience for us travelers to become familiar with what we'll be implementing this summer. Stay tuned for updates on our 2nd build day!
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