A Happy Hundred Children and Young People
The new building at DMC House is nearly completed. The building is the much needed new kitchen and dining room, with a second floor that provides space for studying and a computer room.
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| The dining area is open plan but there is a large overhang from the rooms above. |
Just before I left in March 2017 Victor asked me to mark out the new dimensions for him so that he could see what they would look like on the ground. Like many people he finds plans difficult to read. My training as a map maker came in handy as I found a length of wood and a piece of chalk to draw the kitchen and dining room sizes on the ground. This practical exercise reminded me of laying the rooms of the Thompson House buildings and the hospice on the ground with pieces of thin tree trunks and leading Victor through them saying 'this is the store room, this is the boys dormitory' as we stepped from one space to the other.
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| The kitchen area waits for its ceramic floor tiles. |
The kitchen equipment has to be installed and the painting finished. The tiling is very colourful and courtesy of a friend of Victor's who has end of lines he is pleased to get rid of!
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| Original tiling |
Now all the children will have a roof over their heads at dinner time, with bonus of electric light and fans to sit under.
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| There are racks for the children's plates and utensils next to the entrance to the big kitchen. |
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| Access to the upper room |
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| A large open plan space on the upper floor |
Upstairs the large open space is ideal for studying and doing homework, what ever the weather.
Victor had talked of a computer room and it has been built on top of the existing shops that front DMC House.
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| The computer room above the shops |
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| Ready for tiling |
A very big thank you to the kind people who raised the funds for this much needed extension at DMC House. The children and the cooks will be delighted with their new found space.
