Dear Family and Friends:Rebecca and I arrived here late Saturday – just in time to go to bed. We managed to sleep in until 9 so we were too late to attend church services. Instead we went to the craft market and introduced Rebecca to several Zambian crafts and souvenirs. After a quick stop at Spar (the […]
my story: safe families for children
Chapel Hill families helping other families and children through Safe Families for Children. […]
my story: jesse h
Jesse’s story includes renewing his baptismal vows. […]
my story: tiersa c
Tiersa’s dreams have been to teach preschool and work with orphans. […]
Swaziland, Dubai and Home
4 – 6 May I left Swaziland on Saturday and landed in Johannesburg where David Derr, a friend from church, picked me up and took me to the Apartheid Museum. The museum chronicles the history of European settlers in South Africa, the socioeconomic factors leading to Apartheid (segregation), the Apartheid system, the struggle against the end […]
Swaziland / New Life Homes
28 April – 3 May Today is my first day of Internet since my previous email. I arrived safely in Swaziland (SD). I went from the huge Tambo Airport (named after Oliver Tambo former General Secretary of the ANC during “The Struggle” aka Apartheid) to SD airport. Peter and Mary Jean Kopp greeted me and […]
Training in Neighboring Villages
24 & 25 April We trained teachers from neighboring villages Wednesday and Thursday. Fifteen of the anticipated 47 teachers appeared Wednesday morning. By afternoon we had an additional 3 teachers. Unlike Lusaka, most of the teachers in Eastern Province are male. Four female teachers joined the training. English proficiency was less than Lusaka as well. […]
BOMA Church Training
23 April Tuesday in Lundazi was again quite warm, 91+ in the BOMA church where I trained. The 3 top trainees from last summer arrived on time eager for training. The other 5 had not learned of the training. We discovered 1 of the 5 left his village and could not be reached. Kondwani phoned […]
Kataji, a Village Outside of Lundazi
Today we drove 30 minutes out of Lundazi to a village, Kataji, where there is a community school and a Strengthening Children group. The leader, Musipasi distinguished himself last summer by grasping the concepts. The children in his group sang, reviewed lessons learned in the group, and put on a play, “Bouncing Back to School.” […]
From Lusaka to Lundazi
Saturday we drove from Lusaka to Lundazi in Zambia’s Eastern Province. Kaunda, a Bemba named after the first elected president of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, drove Kondwani and me. We began at 0730 and arrived in Lundazi at 1800. We made several stops along the way but obviously we drove for a long distance. Along the […]