We never said thank you....for the paint job!

Alex-Dot-Com, Peter, Julius, Shariff and Bob-the-girl are wholly responsible for the excellent and funky paint job that the AEC was given...ands it's about time that we got around to saying THANK YOU to them all!

One of the most stressful decisions about the Ed Centre was what colour to paint it! Imagine that we had finally constructed this amazing building only to then ruin it by covering it in a hideous design... after many hours spent staring at the building and failing to come up with a suitable idea we decided to enlist some professional help! Luckily 'Dot Com' was on hand to save the day. He used his artistic eye to create some amazing patterns (based on New York graffiti art) and together with his trusty sidekicks (Peter, Julius and Shariff) turned the Ed Centre from whitewashed drabness into the funky palace we have today!

Here we see Alex a-top some screamingly unsafe African scaffolding whilst he paints the Soft Power logo on the tower...

And here we have Shariff, Julius (with a sun-screen cardboard box hat) and Peter putting the finishing touches to the back of the building...

Then along came Bob-the-girl and her artistic eye (and hands) who managed to paint the Nile onto the side of the building...from source (Uganda) to sea (Egypt). An incredible mural but also an educational and amazing piece of art! We all know that geographically the Nile flows south to north but for the purposes of the Ed Centre Bob turned it on its side and now it flows along the building west-to-east (next time, she asked us to build a 20m high structure instead of a 2om long one). Here she is in action back in March, getting the building ready for the community open day....

And here we have the beginning of the mural where we can see Tanzania (yellow), Uganda(pink) and Kenya (purple). It's not only to-scale but it looks ace!

HUGE thanks to all of them for their hard work, paint-covered clothes, ideas, colour schemes, artistry and miracle working....the place looks great!