July 4, 2011
Today was the last night of the camping. The day started from a farm tour. Kakwenya came to us: he works at the farm, so he was our guide for this event. We got an opportunitiy to learn a lot about wildlife of Zambia while…
July 2, 2011
Today was the best day yet since we have been camping on the farm near the Malambu School. I enjoyed switching groups from 1st grade to 7th grade in the morning. I could connect with the kids more because they were older and could speak…
Today was the first day we spent teaching students at the Malambu School in the rural area of Monze. it started off rough with the first graders and it didn’t go as smoothly as I thought. The language barrier was a huge problem because they…
Today was our second day at the Malambu School where we worked with the students again and also started the mural. The mural was a beauitful map of the world and the children loved it. The most interesting part of the day was the visitor…
June 26, 2011
May our leaving Lusaka yield as many great experiences as we have already had here in the capital city. This morning, we woke up and after breakfast threw ourselves at the task of sorting all the donations we brought to Zambia. With each person bringing at least 50…
1. Leather jewelry
2. Canvas paintings (two votes!)
3. Drums
4. Slingshot
5. Zambian stone (verdite) statues
6. Wooden Giraffe Fruit Bowl
7. Quilt
8. Interacting With the Sellers
9. Necklaces
10. A thumb piano
11. An African board game
12. Watching Noni barter (unanimous)…
At Africa Directions today, I got a glimpse of urban African life. Riding the bus through the dirt roads of central Lusaka and seeing the poverty stricken urban homes and people was eye opening for me. I had never seen anything like that before. Seeing…
To all Zambian blog followers, today was our first full day of activity! In the morning, we experienced our first Zambian market. This was a market where Zambian traders came together to sell their wares. Goods ranged from furniture and large scultpures and artwork to…
Top Ten Dos and Don’ts of Travelling to Zambia from Washington, DC
(tips for next years travellers inspired by Sam’s Glamour Magazine reading in the Addis Airport)
Dos
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1. Get up and explore on the plane–you never know who you might meet.
2. Take brief
We finally made it to Zambia after spending over 24 hours in multiple airports and on multiple planes. On the first flight I sat by Bryon and this Ethopian man, Mele. It was nice talking to him at first but then he never stopped. And…