World Vision making progress on cistern for Bokonzo Primary School

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.

Here is the pit for the cistern at the school:

Floor of cistern poured with rerod for walls

Floor of cistern poured with rerod for walls

Next, they poured the walls:

2014-08-29 cistern - pouring walls (1) [800x600]

Any concrete work in Congo starts by mixing concrete by hand:

2014-08-29 cistern- preparing concrete (1) [800x600]

Preparing the concrete

One of the final steps is back-filling the area around the cistern:

Back-filling around the cistern

Back-filling around the cistern

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