{"id":2494,"date":"2014-08-29T15:29:07","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T20:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=2494"},"modified":"2014-08-29T15:29:07","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T20:29:07","slug":"world-vision-making-progress-on-cistern-for-bokonzo-primary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2014\/08\/world-vision-making-progress-on-cistern-for-bokonzo-primary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"World Vision making progress on cistern for Bokonzo Primary School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One rainwater cistern at the Bokonzo Primary School built by World Vision earlier this year is almost completed. These photos show progress over the past month.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the pit for the cistern at the school:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2496\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-at-EP-Bokonzo-800x600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2496\" class=\" wp-image-2496 \" alt=\"Floor of cistern poured with rerod for walls\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-at-EP-Bokonzo-800x600.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-at-EP-Bokonzo-800x600.jpg 800w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-at-EP-Bokonzo-800x600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floor of cistern poured with rerod for walls<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Next, they poured the walls:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-pouring-walls-1-800x600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2495\" alt=\"2014-08-29 cistern - pouring walls (1) [800x600]\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-pouring-walls-1-800x600.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-pouring-walls-1-800x600.jpg 800w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-pouring-walls-1-800x600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Any concrete work in Congo starts by mixing concrete by hand:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2498\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-preparing-concrete-1-800x600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2498\" class=\" wp-image-2498\" alt=\"2014-08-29 cistern- preparing concrete (1) [800x600]\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-preparing-concrete-1-800x600.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-preparing-concrete-1-800x600.jpg 800w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-preparing-concrete-1-800x600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preparing the concrete<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p>One of the final steps is back-filling the area around the cistern:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2497\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-filling-in-hole-1-800x600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2497\" class=\" wp-image-2497 \" alt=\"Back-filling around the cistern\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-filling-in-hole-1-800x600.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-filling-in-hole-1-800x600.jpg 800w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/08\/2014-08-29-cistern-filling-in-hole-1-800x600-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back-filling around the cistern<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2494&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One rainwater cistern at the Bokonzo Primary School built by World Vision earlier this year is almost completed. 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