Our local sanitation team has to deal with a lot of obstacles and whenever I am in contact with them, they talk about a nightmare.

The generator we brought with us had an irreparable defect after the first day. The replacement generator, which was delivered after 1½ days, broke down after just two hours – so the only thing left to do was plan B: to complete the PE welding work when the site gets regular power from the district, which is after 7 p.m.!

So our team has been working day and night shifts for the last three days, which is very exhausting in the cold! But today I finally received some positive news from our team leader Karna Sunuwar: The PE welding work has been completed and the foundation for the toilet building has been finished.

This positive news made me very happy myself, as I have been keeping the boys afloat with positive input over the last few days. It’s great, good old-fashioned craftsmanship that our crew is doing here and I have a lot of respect for them.

Today, after three days, they finally have a normal night again and of course we agreed to their request for a “Billy Goat dinner”.

Here are a few impressions of the past work, some of which looks like landing on the moon or climbing the Everest.