Week Ten August 17-23- BRICKS

After several weeks of testing the bricks that we had been producing for our classrooms, we came to the conclusion that we needed to find another brick solution. So the problem with the bricks that we were creating was that they did not hold up to water and our soil was not condusive to the Kenyan made brick machine. After trying many different soil and cement mixtures and contacting the manufacturer of the machine, we decided that we could not go forward with this brick type. So, we got a local brick expert to come to our job site to test our soil for use in making mud fired bricks. His conclusion was that our soil was a perfect candidate for this type of brick. With this green light we wasted no time is training our workforce to start producing these mud fired bricks.