A short post that I think will speak for itself. Not a bad way to spend a day off in Besishahar.  And why call it a “safe-box”? That sounds like a receptacle for used syringes. “Eva” means life. World, welcome to the one and only (literally) Life Box.

Tomorrow, during our tin delivery in Archalbot and Bharte, we’re gonna take this sample around and see what people have to say about it.

Read more about what this doo-dad is and how the idea came about here.  The idea is to create a secure storage space for people whose homes were compromised in the earthquake and now have no private place to lock away precious items.

So, we begin as follows:

This random treasure chest looking thing was lying around so we used it as a model in discussing the design.

Everything in life starts with a beat up piece of unassuming sheet metal.

All the pieces of our Life Box were made by hand – every piece of metal is cut by having one guy hold the chisel in place along a straight edge, while the other guy whacks the chisel.

Making reinforced edging. High tech!

This shop is full of random stations like this

and this

And twenty four hours later…

This!

Sneak preview…this is right after I got out of the bus and set our new toy down at the bus stop…