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Lees Met University have done it again! A sponsored abseil raised funds for the Nawamis School Complex and 15 students and staff came out to Sinai to work on the project.
The main school and visitor centre buildings have been completed so the staff and students worked on the semi-circular camel station which also forms a barrier in the event of a flood. The inside of the camel station will provide open archway rooms for visitors to relax in before taking a camel ride to visit the Nawamis burial chambers, or explore the desert.
Some of the students gathered rocks from other parts of the desert, while others mixed cement or helped to dig the trench. Two of the engineering students helped a structural engineer to measure sections of the tent area ready for calculations and drawings of the tent support beams.
Leeds Met University have a policy of encouraging voluntary support and this is the second group they have sent out this year. Their contribution has been a prime factor in ensuring that Nawamis will be ready for the raising of the tent in November. Thank you Leeds Met from us all.
