2010 Stove Building Workshop
Our 2010 Stove Building Workshop was held on January 15 at Algonquin College, Perth Campus. Masonry instructor John Scott gave the volunteers a hands-on overview of how to mix mortar, lay cement blocks and parge the finished stove walls. Over 20 volunteers attended the morning workshop, several weeks before heading to Guatemala to build stoves in the region of San Francisco el Alto, north of Quetzeltenango.
Photos 1 to 4 by Thomas Teflissi
Photos 5 and 6 by Liz Ballantyne-Jackson
A student at Algonquin college "butters" stone with mortar. |
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| A volunteer practices laying a cinderblock for a stove. | GSP volunteers practice with their trowels. |
John Scott , masonry teacher at Algonquin college, shows volunteers of the Guatamala stove project how to use their trowels. |
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| Volunteers learn how to mix mortar | A quick lesson in parging. |