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Playing iciyenga. Government schools are closing on the 20th of this month for the first term and students are writing their end of term tests. Living Compassion is full of children who have been coming as early as 10 00hrs in the morning to play around.

Brenda busy roasting nuts in readiness for Friday's peanut butter rice. The nuts are roasted and pounded into a fine paste, which is added to boiled rice.

Angela, who is at Twabo School, studying at Living Compassion on Saturday after the pod meeting.

Juliet busy preparing wild okra, which grows during the rainy season. It is a slippery vegetable and it is eaten with nshima as a relish.

Memory in class at Twabo School. She is the monitor in her class. So far she is doing very well in Grade Eight.

Our three Grade Nine students from Zora school. They were saying the sky is the limit in their education.

Our usual cute faces of Kantolomba. They just love the camera!

Florence at the wash-up point making sure that the little hands are clean before lunch.

Bertha is one of the girls in the program who could not make it to Grade Ten. She has improved in her English, and after class with Charles, she helps with the little ones in the library.

Cute smile for the camera. Little Monica in Memory's class.

Here are our 2018 Grade Seven girls. They always come to the library to read after school at Twatemwa.

Ready to eat and go home, the little ones line up for lunch.

Another face of Living Compassion. Little Agness is our retired team member Angela's granddaughter.

Our little cute Grade One students from Twatemwa Primary School. They come in to read in the morning before going to school.

Students from Veronica's class reading the local books of Jelita and Mulenga.

More cute faces of children who just love having their photo taken.

Writing in Memory's class. The little ones love to do it on the floor.

Edna, a Grade Two student at Twatemwa Primary School, got high scores on the quiz that was arranged here at Living Compassion. She beat all other Grade Two students in English spelling and writing.

Theresa, my namesake. She is all grown and is in Grade Three this year. She was telling me that she has a new brother at home who was born yesterday. Theresa's family has grown, and she now has seven siblings.

Meet Jonathan, who is now in Grade Nine. He was the boy who used to joke with me whenever he saw me walking through Kantolomba. At that time he was not going to school, and he would ask if he could only come to eat, as he did not like school. I would always tell him that he could eat at Living Compassion only if he went to school. One day his grandmother came to the property with him and he was enrolled in Charles's class. He wrote his Grade Seven exams and made it to Grade Eight last year. This year he is in Grade Nine. He now loves school and would like to become a doctor when he completes school. I always encourage him to work hard.

Audria carrying a bucket of water on her head.

This is little Priscilla, who is in Memory's class. She has been learning how to write the number 9. After two days she is now able to write it, and this has made her so happy that she asked if her photo could be taken.

The usual cute faces of Kantolomba that make Living Compassion shine!

Florence, our team member, with her baby Eneless. She is growing so fast!

Our older students sit outside the library after reading.

Martha making sure that the water bucket at the entrance to the property has bleach. Cholera is still spreading here in Zambia.

Team members sorting eggs before they are boiled for Tuesday's lunch.

Michael, Jowen's son, playing during break time.

Ester Makumba, one of the girls in the program, smiles for the camera. She is happy that she has gone back to school after not doing well last year in her Grade Nine exams.

Little cute faces of Kantolomba. They just love having their photo taken!

Teacher Malila at the tuck shop buying herself a bun for breakfast.

Fetching clean water from the Living Compassion tap. This water is clean, and residents in the community benefit from it.

Onester in the library. She is in Grade Seven and comes in to read after school.

Audria carrying the huge pot to be cleaned. This pot is one of the smallest among the pots that are used here.

Our very own joy, Dave, all grown up. He's now in Grade Four, and he comes here to read. Here he is enjoying his lunch.

Little Sandra plaiting her friend's hair as they wait for lunch. Plaiting is learned at an early age. We call it "ukuluka" in Bemba, our local language.

Pauline now feeling much better. She is back at Living Compassion and could not miss the chance of saying hello to everyone out there.

The weather has been a bit chilly for the past two days, and the rains have been pouring. Here Brenda, Juliet, and little Mary warm themselves around a little brazier as they wait for lunch to be served.

The usual cute and beautiful faces of Kantolomba. They light up the property as they run around and play each day.

Little Brian, who is in Susan's class, shows off his best baby-face smile for the camera.

Teachers Josephine and Susan pose for a photo.

Meet a grandmother who has taken care of her grandchild for years now. This is Susan's grandmother who came to fetch her grandchild after class. She is very caring and would love to see Susan finish school.

Josephine and Ann share a light moment. They are in charge of the library.

Martha at our little tuck shop here on the property. She sells little goodies to the staff and to people who come from the community.

Susan is very happy.

Our two very own Grade Twelves pose for a photo when they came in for lunch.

Five-year-old Emmanuel writing numbers 1 to 10 in class. Emmanuel is the son of Pauline, our member of the team, and is the last born in a family of six.

Cute and wonderful faces of Kantolomba.

Juliet, who is retired Margret's granddaughter, cleans the huge pot. She is cheerful and hard working, and she loves being on the team.

Our very own girls, who are now at Twabo, pose for a photo at the Living Compassion house when they came to see Aunty Theresa. So far they say school is going on perfectly.

Library time. Students from Twatemwa listen to Teacher Ann as she reads a story.

Students in Veronica's class enjoy story time. Each student tells a story while the others listen, Here little Chanda and her friend Kayela smile for the camera as I peeked through the door.

The little ones singing as they play with their caretaker during breaktime. This is the only way of keeping them busy!

Our very own Jowen saying she enjoys being at the property each day and is thankful to Living Compassion, both here and the USA, for being there for her and her children. She is happy that her children, who were little when her husband passed on, have grown up and are all in school. She is able to feed and take care of them without any problem. A BIG THANK-YOU TO ALL, she says.

The liitle ones do not want to be left out when it comes to having their photo taken. So cute!

Charity clearing the Living Compassion surroundings using a hoe.

Natasha, one of our team members, with her two little children. Natasha and her family moved onto the property in the main house where Margret was living. Margret now lives with her grandaughter in Kantolomba after the family decided that she needed to be cared for because of her health and age. Natasha was renting in Kantolomba and is very happy to be the new caretaker.

Little Joe hanging around to play. He just loves to hang around after school to play football with his friends.

Baby Ignitius is our cute face of Kantolomba this week. He is in Malila's class and loves drawing. He is four years old and lives with his mother and grandmother. His father passed on last year.

Bertha, one of our girls in the program, poses for a photo. Bertha did not make it to grade ten and would love to enroll in a skills program and learn to do tailoring.

Silvia teaching in class. She is one of our Grade 12 girls that completed their exams last year. Instead of just sitting at home while waiting for the results, she and her friends come to help out every day.

The team waiting as lunch is being dished out. We eat together in the dining hall.

Memory after school at her home in Kantolomba. She is one of our best students in the Girls Program.

Peter busy working on the lawn. He is now feeling OK after falling ill for some time.

The Living Compassion family is growing. Our member of staff Florence recently gave birth to a bouncy baby girl. Florence now has five children.

Mary Bwalya and Mary Mwanza in their school uniforms, our very own from the Girls Team who made it to Grade Ten this year. They are both at Lubuto Secondary School. We are so proud of them!

Library time. The little ones from Memory's class listen to Elias as he explains some words on the computer from the Genki lesson.

Our new Grade One students in Beatrice's class pose for a photo just before going in for lunch.

The usual cute faces of Kantolomba.

The cooking staff sorting eggs before boiling them. The eggs go with rice, a delicacy for the little ones. They just love Tuesday's rice and egg meal.

Ruth preparing veggies in readiness for lunch.

A big pot of nshima being prepared by Martha. The nshima is prepared on a brazier and stirred by two people until it becomes a thick porridge.

Cute little Eneless, Florence's new daughter.

Silvia in class helping the little ones with writing. Our Grade Twelves are still waiting for their results, and instead of just sitting at home, they come out each working day to volunteer.

Natasha reciting a poem to her friends last Saturday.

School time for the little ones. One can tell that they love it by how they come very early in the morning, braving the rains that have continued here. Little Chileshe with her siblings pose for a photo.

Jessy and Monica on the beautiful lawn here at Living Compassion. Jessy is the daughter of Martha, our accountant, and she, too, is studying accounting.

Our Girls who have started going to new school outside Kantolomba pose for a photo at their new school in their new uniforms.

Christin and Loveness, both Grade Nine students, as they were going to school.

Euginia, one our staff members, showing off her chitenge dress that was made by one of the ladies right here in Kantolomba, Osric Kabale's mum.

Jessy in action on Saturday talking to the girls about choosing careers and the importance of education.

Little Foster, who is older Foster's great grandaughter, came visiting all by herself. When asked, she replied with confidence that she came to school to learn. She is only three-and-a-half years old. So cute!

We did a group photo with Jessy, Martha, and the girls on Saturday. Jessy has gone back to school in Lusaka.

Blessing ready for school. She passed by the Living Compassion house to say good morning.

Weeds are growing fast, though we are not receiving much rain. Here Euginia weeding along the road that leads to the property.

Little Beatrice, a Grade Four student, loves to help her mother fetch water at the Living Compassion tap. She is the sister of Christin Kalenga, one of the girls in the program.

Some of our girls who are in the program and are going to a new school. They are so excited!

Jowen and Jackline take some time to chat after lunch.

Little six-year-old Emmanuel playing with his toy car. He loves making his own toy cars using wires and bottle tops as tires. He is Pauline's son and is in teacher Malila's class.

Our team passed the health tests on food handling done by the health team that visited Kantolomba. Living Compassion came out tops on the list. Here some of our team members are holding posters given to them by the health team. The posters have information about cleanliness and how to prevent cholera.