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Regina and Audria dishing out lunch in the dining hall. We are all so pleased to be feeding so many hungry mouths of Kantolomba.

Little Nancy showing off her new chitenge outfit made by her mother, who is a tailor.

Little Eunice is our cute face of Kantolomba this week.

Jowen repackaging some sugar at the Living Compassion tuck shop. The goods diplayed are sold to community members who live nearby.

Little Chiluba enjoying her lunch of egg and rice.

Our little ones from Twabo Primary School reading outside the library here at Living Compassion after classes at their school.

Little Foster, grandchild of team member younger Foster, gives a big smile.

Jowen making sure that the surroundings look lovely and neat. It is the rainy season, and weeds are growing fast.

John cutting shrubs. He maintains the hedges around the property.

Little Christabel is all smiles as she says "Happy New Year" to all the Living Compassion USA team.

Our two cute babies for this week are Emmauel, the son of our very own team member Mirriam Sibale, and Andrew Josephine's son. They are both friends as well as neighbors.

Esnart and her siblings.

"Happy New Year to all!" from Eunice, Chileshe, and Cathrine.

All smiles from the boys as they also say "Happy New Year to you all!"

Memory is happy to be training to become a teacher. She shares with her friends here what she's learning at her college.

Emelda sweeping. She loves her work here at Living Compassion.

Our oldest team member at 69 years old carries some weeds after weeding.

Euginia is feeling much better after being sick for some time.

The team after a day's work.

Our Twabo girls Christin, Theresa, and Faith came visiting at the Living Compassion house.

Team members peeling vegetables.

Veronica, our accountant, doing some work in the library.

Our very own Grade Twelve student Maureen Chiplil. She has been in the program since she was five years old and has grown into a beautiful young lady. She wants to do nursing.

Here we are saying "congratulations" to our two Grade One students from Twabo school for coming out first and second in their end-of-year tests. They are both going to Grade Two next year.

Fetching clean water at the Living Compassion tap.

The rains are here and the weather is chilly most of the time. Our little ones are clad in warm clothing as well as boots (for those who can afford them), just like little Danny here who is a student in Susan's class.

Pauline doing some sweeping. She is a mother of seven and has been volunteering here since Living Compassion started.

Doing weeding as a team. Working together as a family is our motto here at Living Compassion.

A half-full pot of beans in the dining hall. Beans is a favourite dish of both the adults and the children.

Showing off her beautiful outfit. This dress is the talk of the cooperatives members!

Mangoes are in season, and our children are enjoying the fruit that has ripened on the surrounding trees.

Regina has come as far as she has by being part of the Living Compassion family. She appreciates everyone who has helped make her life and her children's lives easier.

Younger Foster and Regina have the same birthday, the third of December. They both turned 58 on Tuesday and celebrated together. The whole team wished them well during a lunch together of rice and egg.

Our two Grade One students from Twabo Private School during their visit to have lunch with us.

Our Grade Five students looking all grown up.

Our best cute smile for this week is from little Ronika, who is Jowen's daughter. She is now in Grade Five at Twatemwa Primary School here in Kantolomba.

Teacher Malila's class. Little Chomba is one of the best students in class. She likes reading and writing.

Our very own designer, Susan Mwila, showing off the shirt she learned to make in skills school. We are all so proud of her!

Our cute faces of Kantolomba.

This week was Child Health Week, and the health workers from Lubuto Clinic came to Living Compassion to give de-worming tablets and vitamins.

Little siblings Jermie and Esnart. They love to sit together and eat together.

Living Compassion Kantolomba welcomed a new member of the family last week, a baby girl. She's the daughter of Juliet Kaoma, a member of the team and the daughter of our retired caretaker Margret Chisenga.

Cute faces of Kantolomba for this week are the little ones from Malila's class.

Susan and Prisca. Prisca is now healthy and strong after being sick for a long time.

The junior Living Compassion football team celebrating winning a match with boys from the community.

Jackline with a pestle pounding nuts.

With this hot blazing sun, some of the team members wait in the shade as their buckets get filled with the clean water from the Living Compassion tap by the caretaker.

Little Thadiwe, a Grade One student at Twatemwa Primary School, practices writing her name on the board during library time at Living Compassion.

Happy smiles from Theresa and Chomba, a student in Veronica's class.

Martha with the other women sorting groundnuts at the kitchen area in readiness for Friday's peanut butter rice.

James and his brother sit on a tree stump while waiting for lunch. The house behind them is an example of the many houses that are still being occupied by many community members of Kantolomba.

Cute little faces of our little ones of Living Compassion.

Nora, who is not in the program, looks sad. She has been sick for some time, and her friend Linda tries to joke and make her smile, assuring her that she will share her food with her.

Theresa holding a tiny baby boy whose mother was fetching water from the Living Compassion tap. The heat was too much for the baby, and the mother asked if someone could hold him for her as she hauled the buckets of water home. Water is becoming scarce here due to the drought that the country has been experiencing.

Jackline scraping some leftover nshima from the huge pot at the Living Compassion kitchen.

Little John enjoys his rice and egg.

Michael, Jowen's son all grown up, enjoys a cup of water at the Living Compassion tap.

Younger Foster preparing green veggies that will be served for lunch.

Our cute smile is from little Chola Bwalya, who is in baby class here. She is four years old and has two twin sisters.

Zilo and Natasha carrying a huge pot to the dining hall after being helped by Elias.

Our adorable twins Mwenya and Mwelwa, who are in Malila's class. They are orphans, having just lost their mother last month. Their father passed on three years ago. They are now being looked after by their grandparents here in Kantolomba.

Some of the girls in the program: Mary Mwanza (Grade 11), Esnart Bwalya (Grade 9), Mary Bwalya (Grade 11), and Susan Mwanza (Grade 8).

Cosmas writing in Veronica's class.

Students from Twatemwa Primary School sit under the tree as they wait for their time to go into the library. Some are doing their homework.

Audria, one of the volunteer mothers, carrying a bucket of nshima and some plates to the dining area.

Doing it in style! Cooking nshima in preparation for lunch.

Mwansa, a Grade Three student doing her homework. Children take advantage of the quiet time here to do their homework in the afternoon with the help of the Living Compassion tutors.