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The Cheerful Kindergarten Blog

Spring 2020: Mirela and Dragoș start building the lodge on their own land, and write down how it goes. These are their original posts.

May 26, 2020

Concrete base for the second building, done!

My dear friends, concrete base done for the second building. I am so happy I am able to show you what my projects are, to offer a better and safe future to the stray dogs of my town.

Much love from all of us. ❤️

A worker levels the freshly poured concrete base.
The chute of the concrete mixer pouring.
The concrete mixer truck arriving on the field.
Steel reinforcement laid out for the slab.
Smoothing the wet concrete surface.
Raking the concrete level.
Two helpers carrying a formwork panel.
The finished slab being cured with water.
Setting the timber formwork.
The mixer truck crossing the plot.

May 18, 2020

Second building at the Cheerful Kindergarten

Second building... work in progress. 💪

Piece by piece, the second building takes shape.

A small excavator preparing the ground beside the formwork.
Checking the formwork for the second building.
Bringing timber with the wheelbarrow.

Apr 29, 2020

The architectural project

This is the architectural plan behind everything: Casa Cheerful Kindergarten, the way Mirela and Dragoș dreamed it. Let us know if you like it.

Apr 25, 2020

Update: Casa Cheerful Kindergarten

An update concerning the progress of the Casa Cheerful Kindergarten works: thanks to the generous support of Fabio Lehnert and Luis Ke (Hunderunde), Mirela could fence the whole plot and construct the main building with the exterior walls and the roof.

Still ahead at that point, for the main building:

  • Air ventilation and filtration system
  • Air conditioning and heating
  • Smoke detectors and emergency lighting
  • Flooring, ceiling and interior walls
  • Kitchen and wash facilities
  • Medical facility (second building)
  • Food and supply storage

A huge thank you from the deep of our hearts to our German friends from Hunderunde. ❤️

Mirela with the visitors from Hunderunde and a group of her dogs.
Working on the roof of the main building.

Apr 18, 2020

We are building the future for them... are you with us?

In April 2020 we made a film about the dream we were building. 😉

Apr 13, 2020

Works in progress

We are back on track, even if we never stopped working for the doggies. We wanted to show you how the Kindergarten is progressing... as you can see, pretty good. 😃 We still have a long way ahead, but if finances allow us to keep going with the works, we expect to move in this summer.

The main building standing in the field, roof finished.
The building with its multicolored roof panels.
Inside the main building, roof structure visible.
The corner of the building with materials under a tarp.