Rain, rain and more rain.

Along with the bad weather come new challenges. In the January storm, five houses were destroyed and will need rebuilding. More on this story later.

To add to the problems, the 12km track to the new village is now impassable. Heavy rain has washed away whole sections of road. As a result the delivery lorries cannot reach the building site and materials are running low.

To ensure the village is completed on schedule the answer had to immediate. OBRI met with Pak Camat to discuss the problem and agreed on a joint effort to repair the road. He was kind enough to supply the excavators and other heavy equipment, will OBRI provided funding, lorries and labour.

There was no time to loose as every day meant another days delay in finishing the project. Following the meeting with Pak Camat we immediately went to see what was needed. In total there were seven areas where the road had become a mud bath. Impossible for even cars to navigate.

It took 200 lorry loads of rock to repair the damaged road. Pak Camat promised the work would start the next day and true to his word, the repairs were completed in 4 days.