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Some of the team members sharing cobs of maize. Regina harvested the maize in her field the previous day and brought some to share with the Living Compassion team members.

Miracle, Grace, and Peace sending their cute little smiling faces to you. They just love the camera!

Faith and Mercia after lunch, saying "Please take my photo."

Meet little Ishmael, who is in Teacher Memory’s class. He has a very cute smile and loves playing football. The ball they kick around is made of old clothes, which his brother made for him. He lives with his grandmother, as both his parents have passed on. He has a big brother in Grade Eleven at Lubuto Secondary School.

Nelia, Rose, and Theresa enjoying the pictures from one of the books in the library here. The book shows different types of animals from around the world.

The little ones lining up to get their lunch. One can tell just by looking at their faces that they really enjoy it!

Meet little Nonde Chilufya. She is six years old and in Memory's class. She lives here in Kantolomba with her older sister who is married. Her parents and other older siblings stay in the village in Kasama, Northern Province.

This is the cassava root, which is widely eaten in Zambia. The root itself is eaten as it is, and some dry it and grind it into flour which can be prepared into another type of nshima, which is usually made from maize. Other than roasting it, as shown here, you can also boil it and eat it with roasted peanuts. The leaves are eaten as a veggie.

Now that we have both StarLink and solar power, the Living Compassion children have access to the internet, which they use to help research their school work.

One of our young women, Joyce, is starting to do a lot of work assisting Auntie Theresa. We have our eye on her as a potential future leader.

Mirriam and Diana getting ready to plait a customer’s hair.

The Library is cleaned every other week. Here, Younger Foster and Mirriam are cleaning. We do like to have a good time when we’re cleaning!

A member of the community saying to photographer Joyce, “Take a photo of me! I appreciate what Living Compassion has done for our community, bringing clean water.”

Most of the coop members have side businesses they work on in their off-time. Here Martha is showing off her brooms, made of grass that is collected and woven into a broom.

We have been having heavy rain here, and weeding is done every week. Here Joyce is pitching in.

Charles is weeding, too.

Jowan putting a bucket of water on her head, as a member of the community looks on.

More cleaning fun! We clean everything on Friday afternoons. Here are Docus, Emelda, and Felistus cleaning.