Grandcess, Grand Kru County
Gallery
Photographs from the New Cess school project and from the communities we work with in Liberia.
The school in use today
One building of corrugated zinc serves the children, adults and elders of New Cess who come to learn, read and write.
Daylight through the walls of the current schoolroom
The gable end of the building
The school we are building
Six classrooms, a library, a principal office and a teacher lodge, planned to serve current and future generations.
New Cess Public School as designed
The floor plan
Building it
Materials hauled in, trenches dug by hand, blocks cast on site and foundations poured.
Levelling a reinforced foundation beam
Digging the foundation trenches
Reinforcement tied into the trench
Crushed stone delivered to site
Sawn timber stacked and waiting
Blocks cast and curing on site
Excavated footings
Foundation walls across the footprint
The slab poured and set
The community
Meetings in Grandcess bring together the city, the youth organisation, the women's organisation and our members.
