Update on many things

Well here we are again,after six weeks. First lesson; setting up a university keeps you busy....very busy. Between the holiday courses for teachers and the courses in progress now we have 190 students accepted, sadly some have not come because they do not have the money, approximtely $500 a semester and another 120 or so for food and accommodation. To assist aas far as possible with this problem we run courses in day, evening and weekend modes so the place is running 7 days a week. The students and the enthusiasm is there but money is very difficult as Starting a University needs a lot of money up front, you need a range of staff from the start to cover the specialities on each course but not the hours to fully employ them until second or third year come on stream and of course the student numbers take some years to reach equilibrium as the place becomes known and trusted and the course years build up. Anyone with a spare oil-well???.
People and organisations have been generous and helpful. Hope University in UK is giving 100 computers, LabAid scientific equipment, another school support charity microscopes and further help promised, Techniquest, hands on science park in Cardiff has given us an entire exhibition to set up here to try and develop the curiosity in the teachers and children which will encourage them to choose science. Reasonable progress for the six months since we got our licence.
Two weekends ago we took our first weekend away since last Christmas; and what happens but we run into a traffic jam in the middle of nowhere, held us up for 15 - 20 minutes: