In Djibouti, many building projects are completed totally by hand. This is happening currently right next to our offices in Djibouti City. Because there is a real scarcity of any wood or wood products in Djibouti, all of the buildings are made from concrete block and the floors are poured concrete. The owners of a property to the right and behind us purchased the lot right next to us. They first built a concrete block wall around the outside of the property and then proceeded to knock large holes in the original house and are adding on a huge addition. They have left some room on the lot for secure interior parking.
Everyday beginning at 6 am there are 50-75 day laborers pounding and banging, singing as they work. They sing especially rhythmically and loudly when they form a bucket brigade to pour the concrete for the building's floors. These pictures were taken from the second floor of our office and show the buckets, empty and full, flying thru the air as the bucket brigade works and sings together.
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