December 30, 2021

Very happy and thankful, the team show their copies of the new book.

Charles and Peter enjoying the book.

Pauline and Martha loved seeing the illustrations of chitenge in the book!

Martha practicing reading the book.

Very happy and thankful, the team show their copies of the new book.

Charles and Peter enjoying the book.

Pauline and Martha loved seeing the illustrations of chitenge in the book!

Martha practicing reading the book.

We got the books from Mission Press! They are so beautiful, and we're all so grateful!

Joyce was on hand to help collect them.

Joyce reading the book.

The cover

The back

The introduction

Ruth, Brenda, and Susan. They say they just love volunteering. Feeding the children is one of their favorite things.

Our Grade Seven students from Twabo School are finally done with exams.

Fingers crossed for our students.

Beautiful smiles from Christine, Theresa's namesake Theresa (who says it's hard to smile!), and Jen.

Ruth and Emelda preparing vegetables.

Euginia stirring the huge pot of nshima.

Susan sewing a chitenge with Regina assisting.

Lining up for lunch.

Happy faces.

Cabbage on the menu.

Susan, our tailoring school graduate, is setting up her sewing shop in Kantolomba! She and Theresa went into town to purchase the sewing machine. Here, Theresa pushes Susan to the hired car.

Susan waited in the car, as her legs were hurting her today.

The brand new sewing machine being unpacked.

The sewing machine being thoroughly checked by the shop attendant.

Happy moments with friends.

Susan's grandma dancing with joy.

Susan with her late grandfather's younger brother and a neighbor friend.

Bertha, a member of our Girls Program, showing off the baby dress she made at the sewing school.

Regina is on the far right, and next to her is Natasha.

Regina, on the far left, and the other little ones having lunch. Regina’s daughter, Karen, is now in Grade 3 in the Girls Program.

Docus, one of the cooperative team members, carrying a bucket of water to the kitchen.

Word has gotten around that we are restarting sending photos for the blog, and these team members asked to pose!

We are piloting a new learning tool. They are tablets put together for Zambian learners with some wonderful resources, including support for reading. Anne (our librarian) and Beatrice (one of our teachers) are becoming familiar with how to use them.
Welcome back!
Theresa and the Kantolomba team paused on sending weekly photos and captions of current happenings in the project when COVID hit, as we wanted to prioritize people’s safety and well-being.
Sadly, COVID has continued to hit hard in Africa, as in most parts of the world, and the vaccine is slow to be available.
We are very happy to report, however, that our entire team, as well as our 6 nursing students, are among those who ARE fully vaccinated.
When Theresa can, she is taking photos and sending news to help keep us informed about a project that is close to our hearts.
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