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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.

Our two girls from Divine School, Loveness and Natasha. They are in Grade Nine and say that they will make it to Grade Ten. Years ago, Natasha did not like school. She would come to Living Compassion and ask for food and would be told to enroll in school first. One day she came with her mother and was enrolled in Charles's class. In Grade Six she went to Twatemwa School, wrote her Grade Seven exams, and then made it to Grade Eight. She says she loves school now and is going to work very hard. We call her our comedian because she loves joking, and at school she is in the Drama Club.

Malila and Mirriam. They are very close and are in the same class teaching the little ones. Malila says Mirriam is very good with them. After volunteering at Living Compassion, Malila is doing part-time training to become a teacher, and when she is here she shares the knowledge she is aquiring from her training.

Our team member Prisca showing off her chitenge outfit that Josephine made for her. So beautiful!

A mother from the Kantolomba community helping the health team visiting Living Compassion to give the polio vaccine to the little ones. Here she gives out vitamin tablets and deworming tablets.

Lining up for lunch, our little cute faces of Kantolomba for this week.

Theresa's namesake with her friend wait for lunch. Theresa is now in Grade Three at Twatemwa Primary School. She is the granddaughter of our team member Older Foster. Theresa is granddaughter number twelve. Our Older Foster has sixteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Susan and Onester. The two are best of friends. They are hanging out together while Susan waits for her friend to come out of school at Twatemwa.

Our little ones from Twatemwa School pose for a photo after lunch. They love to have their photo taken.

Younger Foster clearing cob webs. Cleaniness is a must at Living Compassion and the team makes sure that the building looks beautiful.

Jowen busy weeding. We are working on the lawn where the children play.

This was a happy day for the Mirriam and Silvia as they went for nursing interviews in Luanshya. The girls were in high spirits. This was just after the interview.

Regina and Audria carrying buckets of nshima to the dining hall.

The teachers helping out the kitchen team sort out beans. The weather is chilly and during break time they sit on the lawn to warm themselves in the sun.

Elias in the library taking charge. He loves being in the library. He takes time with his students, and the students love him so much.

Our usual cute faces of Kantolomba pose for a photo after they received their injection against polio.

This is Mirriam's mum. She was excited when she heard that Mirriam was heading out to Luanshya with Theresa to go and start the process of getting her into nursing school. She was so overjoyed that she had tears of joy as she came running to Living Compassion to wish her daughter a safe trip. She did a little dance and prayed for us as we started off. Theresa also shed a tear of joy.

See how fast they grow! This is little Eneless, Florence's baby, now seven months old. She is now able to sit on her own. She was brought to Living Compassion for a meal. So cute!

Enjoying his lunch, little Savior enjoys soya chunks with his nshima. He takes his time eating until he finishes all of it. He does not bring a lunch box with him, as he is an only child and has no sibling to share with.

Eugina and Veronica share a light moment. We are in the winter season and one has to wear warm clothing.

Silvia and Mirriam filling out some paper work at the nursing school in Luashya.

Martha Mwanza reading some of the homework that students from Twatemwa School had been given by their teachers. She helped these Grade One students with the work, and she was so excited that she is learning something by reading Grade One work.

Our usual cute and wonderful faces of Kantolomba.