Kitchen

Geplaatst op 29/07/2015 door Bonnie Vooijs

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My neighbour Mariama came to visit me and without hesitation offered to help clean the kitchen from paint, cement, varnish and what-not. I’m grateful to have a neighbour like her. She is a wonderful, warm woman who always makes me laugh and, I must say it; this woman can clean!! If I had only half of her strength..

News: Adama’s request: lost and found!

Geplaatst op 20/07/2015 door Bonnie Vooijs

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A few weeks ago, I posted Adama’s story about the people she would like to see again. And guess what: the son in the story called her, from Maleisia! He had heard of her question and they reconnected. Life is sweet.

Send us your question

Geplaatst op 18/06/2015 door Bonnie Vooijs

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Keeping up with our latest posts? And do you have a question for Bonnie, Adama or any Gambian professional? Would you like to see anything filmed? Ask us! Please film your (short) question and we will film somebody answering it in the Gambia. The best Q & A’s will be put up on the blog and on our Facebook page. Please send a film clip with your name, location and question to: therubberhousedotnl@gmail.com or simply upload it on the Rubber House Facebook page

Don’t want to film yourself? No problem, just send us the question you have.

Primer and Logo

Geplaatst op 03/06/2015 door Bonnie Vooijs

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And don’ t let anybody tell you I never do anything around here… All hands were welcome putting the primer on, inside and outside. Adama decided to put the tire up on the roof, as a “logo”, she says, but it took quite an adventure to get it there. Three people have climbed up and slid down the grass roof several times until Mohammed, Adama’s son, managed to pin it on the top.

Water tower

Geplaatst op 06/05/2015 door Bonnie Vooijs

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The water tower and borehole are ready. This team of specialists drilled up to 35 mtrs down, without meeting any rocky layers. Something they prayed for. Literally, on the job, every day. We now have running, sweet water, coming from this 2000 ltrs. water tank, and pumped up by the sun. And it’s amazing!

Shower & shine

Geplaatst op 11/04/2015 door Bonnie Vooijs

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In the bathroom corner where the shower is going to be, we met a tiling problem. How to tile these bulgy tire walls? At Batimat in Kanifing I found these pool tiles and this is the result. I love it.

It’s not all Black-And-White…

Geplaatst op 28/03/2015 door Bonnie Vooijs

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The kitchen tiling is ready. It’s not exactly what I asked for, but I still like what they made of it. Nice, neat and clean. The walls now ready for the last layer of paint: