torsdag 29 december 2011

Sorry!

Hey guys! Sorry for the late update. Thing is, my camera is currently broken, it got wet from the beach. Hopefully it's just the battery that's broken. I will try to buy a new one tomorrow or something. Anyway, the project is going fine, Chelsea and I are currently sitting in a warm and stuffy internet cafe writing to you at this moment.




If not, I have taken some pictures on my mobile that I could upload onto the blog. But that's a whole hassle since I need to email the pics to my email address and then from there upload it from an internet cafe..




Anywaaaay, we're putting in sand into the ditches right now in order to protect the pipes, and then finally covering it with the dirt that was there before. We should be done by that tomorrow. Then we will have to wait for an approval from the town council in order to access the town's local water pipes. The water stations are looking amazing so far, and basically the only things that are needed to be done is to put in the faucets and then purchase cement tiles for the ground surrounding the stations so that the water doesn't erode the ground too much.




Keep checking out our blog, and we apologize once again for the long delay! ;)




Chelsea and Harris


ES3A (hohoho)

fredag 23 december 2011

Hey guys! We have TWO updates this time! Wooohoo! Anyway, here comes the fun pictures!


So cute, one of our students gave me this Christmas card. :)

I seriously have lost weight lol.

Here's part of the building site where one of the water stations will be placed.

The hole for the piping system. I'm quite artistic like that.




Receipts








Hey guys! We thought we would give you a quick update with what has happened so far.

We are basically done with the digging, which was the larger part of the practical part of our project here in Sri Lanka. We will be posting the receipts for the costs of the materials needed to build the water system.


tisdag 20 december 2011

Day 1!

Hey guys, guess what, we've finally started with the building process. We managed to dig quite a lot of the outlining for the water stations and piping systems. It was really rough though, and our backs will probably hurt loads tomorrow, we'll see. The mud/dirt over here isn't like the one back home in Sweden. Most of it's freaking clay!

Anyway, it has been decided that Chelsea and I will be teaching English to about 50 students in total (20 with Chelsea and 30 with me). We'll be doing that after working on the water system in the mornings.

So our schedules will be basically:
- 8am-12pm, work with water system
- 2 hour break (lunch + shower)
- 2pm-4pm, teach kids English
- Free time

Anyway, I'm sitting here in an internet cafe with Zach, we just finished bathing in the sea after working on the water stations.

Anyway, here's some music for you guys, never heard it before but I agree with the title cause of all the mosquitos! Damn them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goC0P_J_EvI&feature=g-vrec&context=G204259fRVAAAAAAAAAg

söndag 18 december 2011

Heeeeellloo Hikkaduwa!

Hey guys! We just wanted to update you guys and tell you that we're safe here in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka. The Internet access was a bit worse than we expected, so now we have to go to an internet cafe in order to write here and update you guys!

Anyway, we will be starting to dig for the pipes on tuesday, a slight change has been made on how the water stations will look like, but the end result will be the same; the kids of G/Nalagasdeniya Jayanthi Model School will gain access to clean water thanks to all your help!

Anyway, peace out guys, we'll keep you updated soon.

fredag 16 december 2011

Sri Lanka here we come!

We're finally off to Sri Lanka! Chelsea left early yesterday and now it's my turn to fly off to the other side of our fine planet. 

It feels a bit odd to finally be going, this trip has been planned and modified several times and our project has had to go through loads of structuring and planning. I knew that we were going to fly off sooner or later, but I never expected time to fly (pun intended) this quickly! It feels like we're finally be going to see the results in front of us very soon, and those are the water stations. 

Don't worry, we will be trying our best to hog free WiFi from wherever we can find it, and also perhaps buy internet time in order for you guys to be able to be kept updated with our trip!

Anyway, time for me to leave for the airport, see you guys soon!

H

söndag 20 november 2011

Singing in the city !



Yesterday we sold lussebullar and our friends Adiba and Nirob sang ! It was a great success !


We made a total of 734 kr !

lördag 8 oktober 2011

SALE AT EKERÖ CENTRUM



Today We sold bread, cinnamon rolls , mushrooms and muffins ! We made a grand total of 941 kroers.

That is a total of 2527 Kroners !

Bake Sale Soon Again At KUNGSHOLMENS GYMNASIUM !

Sincerely ,

Chelsea

söndag 2 oktober 2011

Hello Everyone !

Today I sold Bread , Jam and baked goods to my neighbors. We now have earned another 490 kroner.

That gives us a total of 1586 Kroner!!! So far so good :)

Thank you to all of you !

Sincerly ,

Chelsea

onsdag 28 september 2011

SUCCESSFUL BAKESALE !!!!!!!

What a successful BAKESALE we had today !!!

1096 KR , 6 dollars & 1000 Sri Lankan Rupees .

THANK YOU all very much for your donations ,


We are only 8904 KR away from our goal to supply water for the G/Nalagasdeniya Jayanthi Model School in Hikkaduwa :)

söndag 25 september 2011

Hello Everyone !

Now our Trip for Sri Lanka is booked ! Leaving the 16th of December 2011 and comming home

the 10th of January 2012. Now lets raise the money for the Water Stations ! :) Were so excited !


torsdag 22 september 2011

FUNDRAISER BAKESALE!

We're going to have a bakesale outside our school cafeteria this Wednesday the 22th of September. Besides emailing sponsors, this will be our first step on raising money for G/Nalagasdeniya Jayanthi Model School in Hikkaduwa!

If you have the opportunity, please visit us between 11:30-14:00 to buy some delicious cakes and at the same time help us out!

SCHOOL IN SRI LANKA FROM GOOGLE MAPS !









The Water Project - Building 4 water stations for a school in Hikkaduwa Sri Lanka

Dear Reader at hand,

We are writing to see if you would be interested in sponsoring a third year high school project. Our names are Harris Lukeman & Chelsea Carroll –Melzer and attend at Kungsholmens Gymnasium in Stockholm, Sweden.

The goal with the project is to travel to Sri Lanka during the Christmas Holidays (December – January 2011 – 2012) and ensure the provision of clean and drinkable water by building four water stations for G/Nalagasdeniya Jayanthi Model School in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka.

Our main concern is to raise money in order to build these four water stations for the school. We are very excited to receive help from you, small donation or big.

We have established a reliable contact base directly working with the school and they have informed us about the costs and the needs that the school have.

To build the piping for the water source, the cost will end up at about 133 000.00 LKR, which is about 9 000 SEK. We are trying our best to raise that money and therefore we need your help to build this water source for the students of G/Nalagasdeniya Jayanthi Model School.

We hope that you are willing to help us with the building costs as this could without a doubt help us reach our goal in providing drinking water for G/Nalagasdeniya Jayanthi Model School in Hikkaduwa.

We will send you information about the process of our project and the end results. This includes pictures and documents of our Water Project if you are interested in how your donations help the children receive clean fresh water.

Look forward to hear from you. To find out more information please visit http://hikkaduwawaterproject.blogspot.com/ or contact us at:

chelstar8@gmail.com or 0765801640

Lukeman92@gmail.com or 07762132887

Sincerely,

Harris Lukeman & Chelsea Carroll-Melzer

To help us with The Water Project, Please send donations to

Ideell Förening, : org nr 802 429-3170

PlusGirokonto : 1642571-2

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND DONATION, A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY!

Estimate

Item

How many

For each

Total

1

Water tap basins with three taps.

04

Rs. 15,000.00

Rs. 60,000.00

2

01 inch water pipes

25 (12’x1”)

Rs. 200.00

Rs.5,000.00

3

½ inch water pipes

20 (12’x1/2”)

Rs. 150.00

Rs.3,000.00

4

fittings , glue and others

01

Rs. 2500.00

Rs.2,500.00

5

Plumber charges

Three Days

Rs. 1,500.00

Rs.4,500.00

6

Masons charges

Five Days

Rs. 1,500.00

Rs. 7,500.00

7

Labor charges

Eight Days

Rs. 1,000.00

Rs.8,000.00

8

Cement , sand, metal, Bricks and other

Rs. 10,000.00

Rs.10,000.00

9

Other

1

Rs. 10,000.00

Rs.10,000.00

10

Water connection charges for Sri Lanka Water board.

1

Rs. 22,500.00

Rs.22,500.00

Rs.133,000.00

K.G.D. Priyadarshana

Principal


Hikkaduwa Water Project

Welcome to the blog! We will be shortly posting information about our project and everything else on here. Check back soon!