From: Randy Vick
RIZE School Building Project
CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGUN IN ZOEWULUM!
The people in Zoewulum, Juludoe and Topay towns, wading into snake infested waters, have harvested the sand necessary to make the concrete for the new school’s foundation footing, the concrete pillars to support the roof, the floor for the school and the stucco to cover the hundreds of concrete blocks and dead bricks the people made by hand. Zinc roofing, steel rebar, timbers and lumber, and hundreds of bags of cement have been purchased and delivered to Zoewulum and the professional builder hired to oversee the construction is on site directing the volunteers. The 5 acres donated by Zoewulum town for the school, right next door to the Zoewulum Restoration Branch, has been cleared of trees and undergrowth using machetes, axes and handsaws. The foundation footing is now being dug by hand, with pick axes and shovels.
We are approximately $3,000 short of what is needed to complete the construction and provide curriculum for the teachers, school supplies, including back packs, for 150 students and a contingency fund to cover unexpected expenses before the school opens in September 2022.
We still lack some building materials that will be needed late in the construction process. We have to pay the balance of the builder’s fee and we will have the cost of printing the curriculum, including Restoration theology, in Liberia.
The process of hiring teachers has been undertaken by the local school board and teacher salaries will be paid through tuition which will make the school self-sustaining when it opens.
The RIZE board of directors, the local Zoewulum RIZE school board, and those who have and will labor in the construction process are all volunteers. PLEASE help us complete this project, so important to the future of these children. PLEASE send your tax deductible donation to RIZE at PO Box 303, Independence, MO 64051. Our website is coming soon, but until then, please visit our Facebook page; “RIZE Up 4 Education” to check out all that has been done and to follow our progress.
Sincerely,
Randy Vick, President, Doug Patterson, Vice-President, Gary Metzger, Sec-Treas,
Kent Pedersen, Donna Patterson, Nancy Clardy & Miranda Kibbey, Board Members
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