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Summer 2003
RISE in Action

The first school is built
at Chilonda, Angola.
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Built in collaboration with the village church, the first RISE school
building went up at Chilonda in Angola's central highlands. 

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RISE Team - Summer 2003 - Chilonda School

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Bags of sand for making bricks, filled by hand and carried from the river.

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The first supporting posts go up.

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Hand-made bricks bake in the sun.

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RISE Team members and Angolans work together.

The Chilonda School nearing completion is due to receive its first students in Feb 2004.
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Our Pilot Program: 
In 2003, five village schools were built in the province of Bie. Chilonda was the first. The other villages were Cassuanga, Chianga, Chipuli and Ongue. All schools are fully operational with hundreds of students in each school.

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Cassuanga

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Chipuli