Woodworking in the Congo #1: Maybe this time I can actually do it
As many of you know I’m working in the DRC, and have been for a couple of years. All of my jobs in the Congo so far have been on mines, and mines always kill trees. You just have to look through my blogs and projects to know that I hate seeing a tree go to waste. On my first (and second) Congo mining job I made an offer to the Mine – Give me an equipped workshop and your dead trees, and I’ll teach the locals woodwork in my spare time. The reason is three-fold: a.) I hate wasted wood b.) I need something productive and interesting to do with the (very) little spare time I getand most importantly- c.) Out here in the rural areas, most of the locals have ZE...
