Brick and Tile Production

Figure 1 ON’s Raw bricks drying on the Sun

South Sudan is a country that had been devastated by the civil war severely for the last 23 years and this has left most of the southern part of the country devoid of infrastructure.
Operation Nehemiah as an indigenous Christian NGO organization would like to undertake the above project to help the communities in rebuilding the infrastructure.

Figure 2 ON’s burned bricks, ready for use

Currently, Operation Nehemiah’s staff in Beth Israel (Borongole) and Nimule, South Sudan is vigorously engaged in laying bricks like you can see on the left. The work of laying bricks by hands is very tedious and difficult. However, this is the technique the local community is using to make brick to build homes, schools, hospitals and churches. However, we want to improve the way the bricks are laid.
Once the bricks are laid, they are dried on the sun. Once they are dried on the sun, they are burned

The communities need blocks for building house walls and tiles for roofing other building accessories like pavement tiles also become handy.
Block and tile will be used to build the Beth Israel Messianic Congregation, houses and schools

Figure 3 Nehemiah Clinic under
construction, using the bricks

Our vision:

• Bring services closer to the people in terms of availability of the concrete blocks and Roofing tiles.
• Create employment opportunities to the local communities.
• Create a revolving community economy.
• Enhance the rebuilding process of the devastated country, post war.
• Educational opportunities to the youth on block and tile making.
• Move the congregation back to the Sudan to serve God’s people

What it takes to start the Project.

• Obtain one tile machine and one brick making machine to enhance the reconstruction process in a country side from locally available resources.
• Set up tile and brick making facility
• Produce enough tiles and bricks to build 20 homes
• Hire 4 staff to operate these machines.

Surplus of the bricks and tiles will be sold the proceeds from which will be used to sustain the project and bless other facets of the ministry.

The cost breakdown for the SBS 321 block making machine is as follows.

• SBS 321D Concrete Block Making Machine and its accessories (Block and pavement Molds). The machine= $ 7,595.
• Block and Pavement molds = $ 890.
• Additional cost for freight would NOT exceed $ 2,500.
• Total cost expected for a machine is $ 10,985.

Heavy Duty Pugmills Tile Making Machine – 3000
Heavy Duty Pugmills Tile Making Machine model 3000 and its accessories (extruding plate and the Molds)

This is the diesel equipped model of this machine

3000 Dearing Pugmills cost breakdown

• Choices of round pugging nozzle
• Square pugging Nozzle
• Extruding Table
• Cutting Table W/12 Cutting wheels
• Shipping and Handling cost
• Tile firing kiln project
• Grand Total = $16,253

Benefits
This is a self sustaining project to be, in the sense that when started it will maintain its own self in terms of the materials needed to keep it operational and the cost of maintenance.

Materials that would be needed for the production of the blocks are cement, sand, water, wheelbarrow, spade and mixture (which we already have in South Sudan).

Human resource base; this project will offer employment to four (4) individuals in the block making project and another three (3) in the tile making project.

Other costs like fuel to run the block making machine and the service maintenance fee would also be met for the proceeds that come from the income generated.