World Bicycle Relief
Yesterday our group spent most of our day at offices of World Bicycle Relief (WBR), where we learned about the organization and Zambian history from the […]
Category: Zambia ’10
Arrival of Group 2
The Red Sea was too far to the east to see, but we saw the enormous dunes of the Sahara, and more dunes, sand, sand, sand, […]
Two Wheels Saving Thousands of Lives!
World Bicycle Relief (http://www.worldbicyclerelief.org/) assembles custom-designed bicycles for African road conditions in Zambia and provides them to aid workers, teachers, and students. Their parts are made […]
Simple Solutions
While working at Chikumbuso, our team filled any small amount of downtime by playing on the school’s play pump, a merry-go-round-like apparatus which pumps 5 […]
A Different Sort of Sunday
On our first Sunday in Zambia, both LearnServe Zambia groups were invited to the house of the Director of World Bicycle Relief in Zambia. To […]
Haggling at a Market
Two students wrote about haggling at one of Lusaka’s unique craft markets. Run by the Dutch Reformed Church in Lusaka, this market is open on […]
A Bittersweet Goodbye
On Friday (June 25th) was LearnServe Zambia Group 1 last day at Chikumbuso. I found myself on the verge of tears several times during the […]
Second year visiting Chikumbuso
Yesterday was our final day at Chikumbuso. The Chikumbuso school was filled with many memories that were both fun and awkward. The widow’s project, the […]
Beautiful Voices
The Chikumbuso project operates a school for orphans, and includes many other projects, one of which helps widows earn an income. Sewing and crocheting projects help turn […]
Just some bags
My story is about giving the widows of Chikumbuso a few plastic bags. It was after the second activity of the day and Elizabeth came […]