DIOCESE OF AITAPE CHURCH BUILDING PROGRAM

	News report No. 26 May 2004 Diocese of Aitape P O Box 179 Aitape Sandaun Province Papua New Guinea Ph +675 8572046 fax +675 8572056
Aitape Haus Lotu Projects

Introduction:

Welcome to the fifth report for 2004.
This is the twenty sixth report on the Church Building program for the month of May.
In 2002, we established agreements with all of the sub parishes, and started at Amu.
In 2003, we collected gravel for Arop1, Arop2, and Pou; began site work at Arop1 and Pou, and the welding of the steel frames for Arop2; at Amu we completed the roof and the concrete floor; at Barapu completed ground works; and began the design of Barapu and Sissano.

With the carpentry team completing the tower legs last month, they were moved to Amu to work on the Amu tower. A new concrete team started at Arop on the floor.

Photo 1 at Arop shows the start of the concrete floor, the central section.

Photo 2 cutting drains for the new Arop road:

Photo 3 Pou church frames continue

Fortunately, after Easter and into May, the rains started to ease and we were into the dry season. This made it easier to work on the new roads where the priority was to dig by hand the drains alongside the new road, to drain away the swamp water. Photo2 above shows one such drain outlet which takes the water away from the road. Prior to the drainage work, the raod route was also knee deep in water. Photo3 alongside shows the Pou church 'A' frame.
The frames were lifted by hand, and the pipe struts bolted into place. The