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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.

Peter, our staff member who has not been feeling too well lately, is back and doing fine.

Charles getting ready for the cleaning exercise that is going on in Kantolomba.

We have a new member of the Living Compassion family. Our team member Mirriam gave birth to a bouncing baby boy last Saturday. Here mum and son are both perfectly healthy and doing fine. The baby boy has been named Emmauel. Mirriam now has eight children--three boys and five girls.

Our very own girls who completed Grade 12 last year. They are now coming to Living Compassion to volunteer as they wait for their results.

Recheal helping sweep the Living Compassion compound.

Little Junior poses for a photo with his baby brother in their home here in Kantolomba.

Washing up to go and have lunch. Little Pascal very happy to have his meal of rice and egg.

Joan's son Phillip helps mum to carry water to their home. Boys also carry water on their heads.

Jack, a student in Memory's class, has been selected to go to Grade One at Twatemwa school this year. He is so happy, and he cannot wait to try on his new uniform.

Members of the community in Kantolomba have been asked to clean their surroundings. Most of them are doing so like Mama Nsama here.

Micheal with his friends after having lunch. These three are buddies--they come to the property together, live close to each other, play together, and are in the same class. So cute!

Natasha cleaning. They say cleanliness is next to Godliness.

Veronica helping out with the cleaning. There is an outbreak of cholera in the country and here at Living Compassion we are taking preventive measures by extra cleaning.

Little Junior with his friend pose for a photo. More of cute faces of Kantolomba!

Hand washing is key here at Living Compassion. Here Martha is washing her hands with soap and water from the bucket.

Veronica adding chlorine to the bucket of water that is placed outside for use by all members of the community who come to fetch water or do other business here.

Mwenya, a Grade Four student at Twatemwa School, poses for a photo.

Audria and Josephine help each other carry weeds out to the dump site.

Ester cleaning in the library. The girls are waiting for their exam results and instead of doing nothing, they come to Living Compassion to volunteer helping wherever they can.

Christin and Ester, girls in the program, pose for a photo. They are proud that this year they are going into Grade 9.

Natasha, one of the team members, doing the dishes.

Alex, a student in Malila's class, enjoying a mango that he plucked from one of the trees here at Living Compassion.

The girls having lunch.

Natasha and her friend pose for a photo. Natasha is a funny girl and loves to joke around. Here she was saying that Jen and the USA team have not seen her photo yet in 2018 and asking to please post this one.

Playing ichiyenga.

Regina helping the little ones wash their hands.

Pauline carrying a bucket of nshima on her head to the dining room for lunch.

Going home with some left-over nshima in their lunch boxes. The little ones leave some food for their siblings who are not in the program.

The Girls Team poses for a photo to say "Happy New Year to all the USA Team!"

The usual healthy and cute faces of Kantolomba. So beautiful.

Little Sofia enjoying her lunch.

Our little ones having lunch. One can tell that they really enjoy their meals by the way they eat and how their faces beam with joy.

Juliet, the water collector's granddaughter, carries a bucket to fetch clean water at the Living Compassion tap. She is now volunteering and taking care of her grandmother, who has retired due to poor health.

Our little ones brave the rains and come as early as 0700 hrs just to have lunch at Living Compassion.

The team poses at the entrance of our kitchen with the huge cooking sticks used for stirring nshima. They are saying, "Come 2018, we are prepared and ready to feed our children!"

Cute Natasha, one of the girls in the program. She is going into Grade 9 this coming year.

Theresa growing so fast and looking beautiful.

Happy New Year, USA Team, from Living Compassion Kantolomba! Hugs to all!