Well, now we finally had the meeting where decisions the villagers did not know whether the project will belong to them or us. We argued strongly that everything should belong 100% to the village and the villagers is responsible for the construction of the Lodge, under our guidance. Unfortunately, the villagers found that they were not able to build a lodge, they do not know how to do that - even though we told them we are here with the knowledge - and so they have decided to take responsibility for the project to connect us. And the main chunk of the profit share. Hm, the changes now the whole thing a bit. Aidan goes in a few days to Cape Town, and while he is there he will make smart about how we organize ourselves now at best. The problem is that we do not want the project or the Lodge is ours, because the things with the government and especially with Land Affairs terribly complicated. Aidan was well, we should pull up a company with shares, where we keep a certain percentage, and the villagers of the rest, the shares can be bought and sold, and where we get people into the game, the real interest have at the lodge. But these are just ideas and speculations - even we do not not sure how we want to put all of that.
For the other projects we have in mind, the business makes no difference to the lodge. Last week, Mike, our new volunteer, started construction of the nursery. The social projects in the village are still funded by donations - as long as the lodge is not and still does not yield any profit, we depend on financial help from the outside. The crib should be a two-story round hut, with a margin below and above an office. To build a second floor in a round hut construction costs increase by about one-third, but we believe the thing is worth. We are now trying zusammenzukriegen enough donations to some decent tools - an electric drill for example - to buy in order to facilitate the building of the creche. First photos from the foundations to follow soon!
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