Hello all, I’ve been a busy busy bee! All sorts done, with varying success. But I feel I’m making headway. I have seen our supposedly “running” Land Rover….. pha!!!! It hasn’t run in 9 months. Anyway, I’m on it…. got it a new battery, so at least I can try turning it over now. So I will revisit him Friday………..
Archive for January, 2015
Foundations in Cambodia
19th January 2015 | Posted in Latest News, Nigel's BlogIn 2 weeks time a team from the IM group in Birmingham will be hard at work helping to improve the lives of those who have been forcibly evicted from slums. In preparation the Manna4life team are hard at work as the building foundations for a women’s sewing and vocational training centre, are put in place. These steels go in…
Communications!
16th January 2015 | Posted in Latest NewsHello everyone, Sorry its been a while since I blogged. I have been desperately trying to sort out my communications. I have now managed to get a working mobile phone with local chips so I hope not to have to use my UK phone number from now until I get back. Dreading my next phone bill!!! I have also got…
Key transport – a Land Rover acquired in Sierra Leone
16th January 2015 | Posted in Latest NewsAs we start to develop our work, transport is essential. Sierra Leone has introduced a law banning right hand drive vehicles so we cant ship one from the UK. We have bought this 3rd hand Land rover which Ian should be picking up today (without the woman in the front!). As Ian has mechanic skills it will be getting the…
We start to build in Cambodia
15th January 2015 | Posted in Nigel's BlogYou may know that Home Leone is taking corporate teams as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility agendas. Working with Manna4Life, our corporate team from the Birmingham based, IM Group are preparing to leave on 31 January. We’ve just confirmed that Habitat for Humanity will pass over the title of land to the village leaders who we are working with…
Land Land Land
15th January 2015 | Posted in Nigel's BlogLet me tell you the land story. A year ago I met a lady in the UK who agreed to give us 9 acres of land to get going. This was a fabulous start and we visited it several times and met her relations. Unfortunately they decided to withdraw the offer so come June last year, whilst we had looked…