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Older Foster busy cooking, preparing soya chunks outside the kitchen. Inside the cooking area, nshima is being cooked on other braziers.

Our cute little faces of Kantolomba.

Our little ones wait patiently as the food is being dished out. They can't wait to fill their little tummies with nshima, soya chunks, and veggies.

Lining up for lunch.

The huge pot of soya chunks being carried to the dining hall by our two strong ladies of the team.

Stirring a huge pot of nshima. Cooking the nshima is done by two people.

Little Nono, who is in Malila's class, smiles for the camera just after having her lunch.

Pauline preparing the veggies.

Natasha at the tuck shop buying some sweets for herself.

Josephine in the dining hall, which has been repainted. We changed the color from blue to green, and it looks lovely.

Natasha clearing cobwebs in one of the rooms. Overall cleaning is done every Friday. Cobwebs are removed, windows are cleaned, and much more.

This week's beautiful cute faces of Kantolomba are from Teacher Malila's class. Wonderful and cute smiles!

Some of our girls in the program pose before going into their respective pods. Karen Ngandwe is in Grade Nine at Twabo school, Olina Luchembe is in Grade Eight at Twabo school, Memory Luchele is in Grade Eight at Twabo school, and Bwalya Mwenya is in Grade Nine at Lubuto Primary School.

Anne cleaning windows.

Susan giving Peter a hand as he prepares the new green paint for the dining hall.

This week we received a visit from Joy, who left us a few months ago to go to the Eastern province for teaching work. She came to visit us as she is on holiday at her place of work. She is a full-time teacher and she gave a talk to the girls. The team were so happy to see her and they all hugged her. She will be going back on Monday.

Martha and Older Foster sharing a light moment. Older Foster is the oldest team member and we love the advice she shares.

Rechael with her friends during lunch time. The girls are on break from school and are with us in their respective pods.

Little Jen gives her best smile. She is in Malila's class.

Simon singing after having his lunch. He is in Grade Four at Twatemwa School. He loves to play football and enjoys being around Living Compassion with his friends.

Our photo of the week: the girls' team with Joy after classes.

Doreen just finished her teaching practice and passed with flying colors. She will be going back to college the first week of September, and while she is on hoilday she is at Living Compassion helping with the girls.

Cute faces of our very own girls in the program.

Marian with her siblings, baby Andrew and Peace. Marian brought baby Andrew strapped on her for his feed.

Older Foster carrying a bucket of water. She fell sick with malaria a week ago and is feeling much better after taking medication.

The girls in class before going into their respective pods. Schools have closed and the girls are here in the morning. Those in examination classes are at their schools in the morning, then later in the afternoon they come here.

Charity and Zilo fetching water at the tap. They are the newest members of the team. Zilo is our old Angela's daughter.

Girls in Doreen's class.

Monica cleaning the huge pots.

Some of the team members working together arranging some rocks. They were singing the Happy Song as they were working.

Marget dancing to the songs that the other team members were singing whilst working. A happy mood indeed!

Remember little Debora, who was in Joy and Sister Phil's first English class? Theresa knows that Sister Phil would be overjoyed to see her now that she has grown so big. She is now in Grade Three at Chiluba Primary school in Lubuto. She no longer sucks her thumb, as she used to do when she was three years old. Debora lives with her grandmother (Younger Foster), her mum, aunties, and an uncle.

Richard Bwalya, a student at Future Matters, waiting for his lunch at Living Compassion. Richard is an orphan who lives with his grandmother and older brother. The grandmother does odd jobs like washing peoples clothes around Lubuto, while his older brother goes out each day to Masala market to do pieces of work like carrying loads for people.

Malila with some students from Twatemwa pose for a photo after library time.

Our little Bupe singing to us. She is four years old and is in Susan's class. She has a very cute voice and loves to sing.

Pauline fetching water for her home use at the Living Compassion tap. Lately water from the community taps in Kantolomba has been coming out greenish and smelly. The residents are lucky and have been coming to fetch drinking water from Living Compassion.

Joy and his friends after playing football. The boys like to hang around Living Compassion. Tests are going on at their schools and the children come here as early as 0900hrs, just after finishing writing.

Happy faces of Kantolomba. They are happy, they look healthy, and they love running around Living Compassion.

Our beautiful cute faces of Kantolomba.

Little Nora enjoying a plate of nshima with beans.

Ruth preparing veggies. After her mother passed away years ago, she has grown up taking care of her siblings and taking them to school. She misses her mother but is happy that life has been made easy because she has a family to look to and they encourage her every day. She says the Living Compassion team is her pillar as she goes on each day taking care of her brothers and sisters.

Silvia and Mirriam are doing well at their new accommodation near the nursing school, and Theresa had her first visit with them. Here, Jackline, Silvia, Mirriam, and Theresa at the boarding house in Luanshya.

Theresa and Silvia in their room.

Theresa and Mirriam.

The matron Mrs. Chola, Theresa, Jackline, Silvia, and Mirriam outside the boading house.

Outside their room with some gifts the girls received from the Kantolomba team.

Veronica with her grandchild number five, who is also named Veronica. She came to visit grandma who had not been feeling well lately. Little Veronica is two years old and is the daughter of Veronica's first son. Veronica has six grandchildren.

Our girls in the program. The girls are coming around early because of the exams they are taking in their schools. They have improved a lot in their studies.

Our boys from Twatemwa School. Exams are also going on in primary schools and closing day for the second term is the 10th of August.

Cheri carrying baby brother Andrew, who is now three months old. She brought him here for his feed.

Little Andrew in Malila's class loves having his photo taken. Whenever he sees our  photographer, he calls out to have his photo taken.

Check out the local cute hair styles of our little ones in teacher Memory's class! The girls are lining up for lunch.

Olina, one of our girls in the program, is in Grade Eight at Twabo School.

Rapheal, a student in Veronica's class, is going to Grade One next year at Twatemwa. His mother told Veronica that her son has improved a lot in writing and numbers.

Ruth and Margret preparing peanut butter for Friday's lunch using a mortar and pestle. The women do it in style, singing as they do the work--very artistic!

Anne in the library getting work ready for her next class. She is a standby tutor, too. Her English is very good and she has been very helpful.

Schools will be closing soon, and end-of-year tests have begun at Twatemwa School here in Kantolomba. The students' schedule has changed, and they come to Living Compassion as early as 10:00 in the morning. We have changed our schedule in the library so that we accomodate as many students as we can.

Regina carrying a bucket of nshima to the dining hall.

Little Joe having his lunch. He is Natasha's son and is the second-born. He loves beans, and his mother tells us that it is his favourite dish.

Memory in class with her students giving a lesson on body parts. We have a big picture with parts like mouth, hand, cheek, head, elbow, toes, and fingers.

Ronika all grown up and looking cute, here with her friends after school.

Our usual cute faces of this week from Kantolomba. These little ones are in Malila's class.

Little Eneless, Florence's daughter, growing up so fast. Here she is on her brother's back just after she was fed by mum and had to go back home. Both boys and girls are taught at an early age to carry a baby strapped on their back.

The little ones sing in class along with their teacher in Beatrice's class.

There was dancing at Living Compassion on Wednesday as word went around that Mirriam and Silvia weere about to leave to go to Luanshya for school. Passersby stopped to see what was causing all the singing and ululating. Happy tears flowed on some of the team members' faces as a prayer was said for them, and hugs followed as the girls said goodbye to the team. We here at Living Compassion Kantolomba are so proud of our girls! We wish them all the best as they go to school and hope that they do their best. Theresa said, "My head was held high as I walked through Kantolomba today. People were complimenting us, saying this indeed is what an NGO should be doing, sustaining the lives of the people of the community. They said we not only feed the children, but we also send our girls to school." Thank you Living Compassion USA!

The girls take a goodbye photo with the team.

Mirriam and Silvia pose in their new coats outside their school in Luanshya. They looked so cute, and we are so proud of them!

Our little cute face of the week is little Oliver, who is in teacher Malila's class. He is four years old.

Natasha, a Grade Three student at Twatemwa Primary School, reciting a poem. She is going to present it in her class on Friday as part of the school's end-of-term celebration.

Veronica with the girls pose for a photo outside the school premises in Luanshya.

Some of the team members, very excited after saying goodbye to the girls.

The girls at the reception area of their school.

This is the school bus the students use when going for their outings.

Brenda in the kitchen area sorting eggs and making sure that they are not cracked. The eggs are boiled in a huge pot. Each child gets an egg with rice.

Our usual cute and beautiful faces of Kantolomba.

Our two girls Mirriam and Silvia helping the cooking staff give out the food to our little ones.

Meet Rapheal, a student in Veronica's class. He is one of the best in English and can read the little Jelita and Mulenga books that are in the Living Compassion library. He can also write his numbers well. He uses his left hand in writing and eating.

Silvia with some students. She plays with them, reads to them, and helps with their class work. The children love her so much.

We took a group photo before going to Luanshya. Silvia and Mirriam are going to college to pursue a nursing course, and the girls, two of their parents, and Memory and Theresa went to Luanshya to look for accomodation for the girls. The parents were so thankful to Living Compassion USA and Kantolomba for being there for the girls. It was exiciting and we had fun.

Josephine showing off the chitenge jacket she made for Theresa. She is becoming a better fashion designer each day.

Theresa carrying a bucket of nshima to the dining hall.

Little Emma enjoying his lunch. He was having rice with an egg.

Our little champion Borniface all joval and happy. He has the cutest smile and is also very funny.