Onwards and upwards ... work on first floor

Hope that you have all had a peaceful time during the holiday season. As we get to the end of December, you can see that work is progressing really well on the hospital and that construction is no going ahead on the first floor. This is how the building looks right now and Deepak has just sent these photographs from India.

I was there just a month ago (in fact I landed in Delhi on 28th November) and you can see how work has progressed since our last blog entry. We are hoping to have the roof on the first floor by the end of the month and will keep you posted, so do check in again later this week.

We would also like to say a big thank you to all who have donated over the holiday period - every penny counts and we are very grateful to all our benefactors! We are now looking at names for the hospital, and would like to hear from any of you who have suggestions.

Deepak and Charlotte

All this in a week!!

In just a week, the hospital has got its first-floor roof! It's incredible... so I'm not going to write a long entry here, just show you the pictures.

29th November 2009 - only left wing constructed

30th November 2009 - showing construction of right wing

3rd December 2009 - both wings constructed

5th December 2009 - cement being carried to the roof

5th December 2009 - smoothing the cement on the roof

Just arrived in Udaipur!

I've just arrived from England and have visited our site to see how building is progressing - and progressing it is as you will see from these pictures. I will be giving a full update in the next couple of days, so will leave you with these images in the meantime.

Dr Deepak Babel (right) on site with the contractors