Oxnard Youth Academy Building Project/Oxnardi Noorteakadeemia ehitusprojekt

Mõned pildid/Some pictures

SODDOST/ FROM SODDO

Hommikusööki lõpetades tundsin äkki, et jalad ei nõustu keha kandma ja käed ei tunne näpistamist. Olles juba kevadel siin kannatanud malaaria foobia all, tundus parim mõte minna haiglasse analüüse tegema. Kui siiani polnud mul hirmu, siis nüüd tundus äkki, et olen hirmuga koos Aafrikas. Õnneks oli mul tunni jooksul nii paha, et hirm oli lõinud ja isegi mõelda sellest ei jõudnud. Esimene haigla oli nii ülekoormatud, et oma analüüside võimalusi oleksin oodanud terve päeva. See oli tagasiteel Sodosse ja seetõttu puudusid ka tuttavad arstid. Õnneks leidsin haigla kus vajalike analüüside tegemiseks kulus 1,5 h. Malaariat mul siiski ei olnud, küll aga oli neerudes mingi kummline põletik, mis võttis kogu jõu. Magasin 24 h järjest tunnise ärkvelolekuga ja siiski oma elu esimese antibiootikumikuuri võin pidada õnnestunuks. Tundub, et olen terve.

Tagasi Sodos jätkus kooli ehituse eelarve kontrollimine ja vajaliku info kogumine kooli ehituse tarvis. Otsin võimalusi ka vundamendi ehitamiseks etiooplastest ehitajate poolt. Sobivate ehitajate leidmiseks on aga vaja kohtuda väga mitmete firmadega, sest hinnapakkumised on 100 000.- erinevusega. Ühelt objektilt teisele käies on möödunud viimased 10 päeva, et ennast vähegi siinse ehitusega kurssi viia. Samuti veetsin aega pealinnas mööda tsemendivabrikuid käies, sest meie harjumuspärased meetmed materjali hankimiseks siin kaugeltki ei kehti.

Selle eelpool kirjutatud tegevuse kõrval kogesin midagi väga erilist.Võtsin Eestist kaasa 1 kg kaerahelbeid, purgi ibuprofeeni ja villased sokid. Kui Addis Ababast tagasi Sodosse jõudsin ööbisin oma sõbra toas 2 ööd. Me tootasime kevadel koos Data Sana koolis. Nüüd aga leidis ta uue töö Awassas ja seega sain tema kodus elada. Tema ema elas üle tanava ja läksin teda öömaja eest tänama. Leidsin naise, kes oli 4 kuud haiglas veetnud tüüfuse ja maalaria ravil. Mulle on siiani selgusetu mis haigused tal veel lisaks olid. Igatahes ei seisnud tal sees mitte ükski toit. Olukord oli nii lootusetu ja sõber polnud sellest ka midagi maininud. Kõige kurvem oli aga see, et see haige naine oli aasta tagasi kaotanud oma tütre kelle lapsi ta nüüd kasvatas. Tüdrukud ei olnud küll vaiksed, 13 ja 17. Ma olin sellest nii kohkunud, et ma lihtsalt nutsin. Õnneks sain väga kiirelt aru põhjusest miks ma sinna üldse sattusin ja ainus mida teha sain oli palvetada.  Eesti kaerahelbed olid mul kotti jäänud just tema jaoks!

Mõtlesin igal hommikul ja lõunal kui selle naise juurest koju tagasi läksin kui lähedal võib Jumal olla seal, kus inimesed igatsevad ja usaldavad Jumalat. Ma palusin ja uskusin ilma kahtluseta ja Jumal vastas kohe. Ma teadsin, et mul pole palju aega Sodos olemiseks aga raske oleks Eestisse tagasi tulla, mõeldes neile kahele tüdrukule kellel pole ema, isa ja vaid väga, väga haige vanaema.

Mulle on kuidagi alati olnud väga raske toimetada haigete inimestega aga siin sattusin just sinna kus olin selle valuvaigisti purgiga nagu võlur.

Kõige tavalisemaid ravimeid pole kodus kellelgil sest need on kallid. Tagasi eestisse tulles motlesin, et palun koristada oma ravimi karpi koigil, kel oleks soov nats abistada etioopia inimesi kelledel puuduvad selleks vahendid.

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I had spent 2 days without Annika in Ethiopia when I experienced something totally new for me.

When I finished my breakfast, I felt that my hands were numb and feet wobbly. When we were here in spring, we were afraid that we had caught malaria so this time I thought it is better to go to the hospital to make the tests. Till that moment I had no fear but suddenly I had. Luckily I felt so bad for an hour that there was no fear and I couldn’t even think.

The first hospital we went to was so full that we would have waited for a chance to get to the doctor the whole day. It was on our way back to Soddo and that is why we couldn’t go to the hospital where we have friends.

We found a hospital where we got the tests done in 1,5 h. I didn’t have malaria, instead there was an infection in my kidneys, which took all my strenght. I slept for 24 h and my first antibiotics treatment was a success. Seems that I’m ok now.

Back in Soddo, the check out of the budget and doing reasearch contiunued. We are also looking for options for the Ethiopian builders to do the fundament. To find workers for that we need to visit different companies, because the price offers differ even 100 000.- For 10 days we have gone from one site to the other to get to know all that conserns building. Also, in Addis we went to several cement factories, because you can’t get things here as we are used back at home.

Alongside with all I wrote, I also experienced there something very special. I took with me from Estonia 1kg of oats, a jar of pain killers and woolen socks. When I got back from Addis Ababa, I spent 2 nights at my friend’s house. We both worked for Data Sana in spring. Now he has found a new job in Awassa and this is why I could stay at his place.  His mother lives across the street and I went to thank her for the accomodation.

When I got there, I found a woman who had spent 4 months in a hospital with typhoid and malaria. Till now I don’t know what else was wrong with her. She couldn’t eat anything.

Her situation was so hopeless that my friend hadn’t even mentioned it to me. The saddest  thing is that a year before she had lost her daughter and was now raising her grandchildren- 13 and 17 years old. I was so horrified that I just cried. Luckily I understood very fast why had to be there and the only thing that I could do was to pray. The pack of oats was in my bag to be given to her.

Every morning and lunch time I thought of how close God can be if that’s what people long for and trust Him. I asked and believed with no duobt and the prayer was answered right away. I knew I have not too much time in Soddo but it would be hard to go back to Estonia knowing that those two girls have no mum, no dad, only a grandmother who is very ill.

For me it’s always been hard to be around people who are ill but there I was with the box of pain killers.

People don’t have even the most common medicines at home because they’re expensive. I thought that when I return, I can ask people to look over their medical supplies, to give away medicine they don't need.

PILTE OXNARD YOUTH ACADEMY-st/ PICTURES FROM OXNARD YOUTH ACADEMY

PILTE SODDOST/ PICTURES FROM SODDO

AJORA KOSED/ AJORA FALLS

LÕPUKS SODDOS/ FINALLY IN SODDO

Peale kohtumisi vajalike inimestega sõitsime Soddosse, linna kus Jumala tahtel peaks tulevikus asuma kool mille rajajateks oleks just need, kes armastuse ja hoolimise kaudu tahaksid seda kõike jagada ka Soddo lastega.

Meil on aega Sodos nadal, et korraldada jaanuaris algavaks ehituseks elamine, toitlustamine ja vajalikud paberid.

Harjumuspäraselt järgmiste päevade plaanide ülesmärkimine tundub siin kuidagi naljaks. Teeme seda siiski vanast harjumusest. Ometi selgub juba teisel päeval, et see pole garantii, et need asjad tehtud saavad mida kirja panime. See ei tähenda, et midagi jääb tegemata. Lihtsalt ajalised märkmed ei kehti siin selliselt kui Euroopas. Siin pole vaja ühest kohast teise joosta, sest keegi seal sind iial kokkulepitud ajal ei oota. Selgub, et meie kokkusaamiseid tuleb mitmeid kordi täpsustada ja vajalik seltsimees leitakse meie tungivate helistamiste peale siiski kuskilt lõunalt voi koosolekult. Igal kohtumisel on alati keegi väga innustunud tegelane valmis kõigeks aga kahjuks on selle lubaduse taga meie nahavärv ja lootus saada sellist tasu, mis meilegi tundub õudustäratav. Sellele järgneb alati selgitus, et neil pole loota mingit summat oma töö eest mis neil on riigi poolt juba maksustatud. Oleme küll Aafrikas aga endised ajad Nõukogude päevilt oleks kui tagasipöördunud. Kuid nendest kogemustest on kasu, sest järjekindlus viib sihile ja hirm, et midagi jääb tegemata on asjatu. Kõik kuidagi sujub ja igal päeval on juhusel ääretu võlu. Lõpuks tundub, et see euroopalik planeerimine on täiesti mõttetu, sest Jumal teab täpselt mis paberit ja kohtumist millisel päeval vaja. Iga päeva lõppedes oleme ääretult rahul ja ootame suure huviga oma järgmise päeva spontaansete õnnestumiste järjekorda.

Tänaseks päevaks oleme leidnud elamiseks aiaga majakese Soddo keskuses ja kohalikud töölised vundamendi kaevamiseks. Arutluste tulemusel ehitusinseneri ja projektijuhiga leidsime, et võimalusel kaasame ka kohalikku tööjõudu. Ka ehitusluba mida hetkel veel kohalike valimiste tõttu pole, on poolel teel J

After meeting some people, we went to Soddo, to the city where by the will of God a schoolhouse will be built by  those who through love and care want to share it all with the children of Soddo. We have  a week in Soddo to arrange the accomodation, catering and some important papers for the building.

Here in Africa it seems a bit funny to write down plans for tomorrow in the calendar. We do it from the old habbit. But on the second day we discover that there's no garantee we get done all we have planned. But this doesn't mean something will be left undone. It's just that the Europan time doesn't matter here. Here we have no need to run from one meeting to another, because no one is waiting for you at the exact time anyway! Turns out that we have to replan our meetings for many times and yet we find the needed people from having lunch or being on another meeting. On every meeting there's someone who is very enthusiastic about our plans, but unfortunatelly behind those promises is our skin colour and a hope to get paid an amount of money that seems enourmous even for us. This is always followed by explanations that they have no hope for money from us because they are already paid by goverment for their job!

We are in Africa but sometimes it seems that Soviet Union times have returned. But those experiences are useful, because the persistency takes us to our goal and the fear that something will not be done is useless. All things work out anyway and this has its charm. Finally it seems that the European planning is pointless, because God knows what meeting needs to take place or what paper we need on what day anyway. By the end of every day, we are very pleased and waiting with excitement to see what will happen spontanously the next day.

By today we have found for us a house with a little garden just in the Soddo centre and local workers for digging the hole for the foundation of the schoolhouse. We discussed with the project's leader and an engineer that if possible we would include local workers too. We have not received the permission to start building because of the elections, but it’s on it’s way J

PILTE AWASSAST/ PICTURES FROM AWASSA