Hiya everyone, Good news….. I am now mobile…… The Land Rover lives again!!! It’s life Jim, but not as we know it!! I have cobbled together two Belgium (second hand) fuel pumps to get him started….. Did we come up with a name for him?? Come on, I need suggestions? After getting him running, with the help of some local…
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Photos
22nd January 2015 | Posted in Latest NewsNot many, but here’s what I have on me. But now i know a reliable place to get a secure internet (fast one that is) I’ll take more and upload them. Sitting nicely in a very posh hotel waiting for open book to begin! These are a view from Dr Abs Dumboyah’s veranda…… This job has some perks!
Progress
22nd January 2015 | Posted in Latest NewsHello 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………..
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…