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Pauline carrying a bucket of nshima to the dining hall for the children.

Ruth doing the dishes. Susan sits waiting to help carry the clean plates to the dining hall.

Little Sandra just finished her chunk of nshima and she was boasting how full and satisfied she was. She will just hang around the property and play.

Younger Foster and Susan in the kitchen preparing lunch for the team.

Beatrice in her class busy preparing for her pod.

Little Susan, who was in Beatrice's class, is now in Grade 1 at Government School. She was one of the bright students at Living Compassion and even at Government School she is doing very well. Her mum is very proud of her.

Joyce Makina, a Grade 7 student and one of the best students in the Girls Program, sitting in the library using the computer.

Margret cleaning the huge pot.

Bridge Walk fever is on here. Here, some of the Team members sing during lunch time. When asked, they say they are practicing.

Our Grade 8 girls ready for the end of term tests. Natasha, Christin, and Loveness pose for a photo before going off to school.

Ann and Joy relax after classes as they wait for lunch.

Veronica busy with the register. We are updating the register for the first half of 2017.

This week, water was in short supply in Kantolomba, and at the property we had long queues as early as 0400hrs in the morning. The community in Kantolomba are lucky to have clean water here at Living Compassion. They did not have to walk very far to collect the commodity. Here Eliadah is fetching water for her home.

Peter sweeping leaves from the rooftop of the hammermill building.

The women sorting the nuts in readiness for Friday's peanut butter rice.

Students from Government School in the library learning to read.

The little ones from Joy's class singing the well-known song "Heads and Shoulders" in the library.

Joseph in class writing the letter D.

Ester reading what is written on the board to the others.

A tree fell at the property last evening. It was lucky no one was hurt.

The tree trunk was rotten and had a hole inside.

Majority busy writing in class.

Remember Natasha Mizinga? She was one of the first 100 children in the Living Compassion program. She has grown up and is in Grade 10. She and her mother left Kantolomba when she was in Grade 5 after her father passed on, and now they live in Lusaka. Here she visits the property.

Joy with her students in the library using the computer.

The women sorting the beans in readiness for Wednesday's lunch.

Memory in class helping the little ones.

Look at that smile ("seka" in Bemba) from little Mary, who smiles by opening her mouth wide.

The women doing team work packing the charcoal which is used for cooking.

Our clean water. Yes indeed, clean water for all in Kantolomba!

Little cute faces of Kantolomba.

The little ones ready for the health team who came to give them deworming and vitamin tablets and check for malnutrition. I'm glad to report that our little ones came out 100 percent!

Little Theresa with her friend saying hi after having her lunch.

Big smiles for you from Kantolomba.

Soy chunks and tomatoes ready to be prepared for lunch.

Emelda and Florence preparing the veggies.

"I'm loving my work here at Living Compassion," says Emelda, with a lovely smile.

"It's chilly out here," says little Precious as she tries to warm herself in the sun.

Josephine in the library sorting the books.

Little Stella and her friends love to sing and dance. They stay at the property after classes and play around.

Cute little faces of Kantolomba, ever smiling for the camera.

The ladies sorting the groundnuts in readiness for Friday's peanut butter rice.

Boys will always be boys! Here they show off how they look cool.

After talking about Ethel's death, the team opened up and I could see smiling faces again.

Jackline busy cleaning the huge pot.

Students in the Living Compassion program listening to a story in the library. They just love story time!

A huge pot of nshima being prepared by the team members. This task takes two or three people to do.

The little ones playing on the hill at the property.

Memory helping a student in Ethel's class writing. Ethel is in the hospital right now.

A big smile and pose from Moses, a Grade Two student from Government School.

"I just got my lunch" says a student in Malila's class. So cute!

Doris writing her numbers in her book in Ethel's class.

Elias reading some words on the board in the library.

Joyce, a Grade 10 student, with her brother. They were going to school after lunch at the property.

Christine sifting nuts ground into a powder, which is called "intwilo" in Bemba. It is added to greens.

Cute little Eunice smiling for the camera. It's amazing how fast they grow!

Monica Chipili is a Grade 10 student and one of the very first 100 students that started with Living Compassion years back. We're very proud of her!

Charity in the kitchen roasting the nuts in readiness for Friday's peanut butter rice.

Coloring in Ethel's class.

Little naughty Bruce always asks for his photo to be taken.

Cute faces of Kantolomba.

Joy having a bite during her break.

Our Grade One students pose for a photo.

Government School students sit and listen to the teacher in the library.

Josephine explaining a point from the computer in a Genki lesson.

The cute baby class at Living Compassion. This is Joy's class.

Some sweet roots called "indawa" are found around the property. The children dig them up using their little fingers and eat them.

Joy in her baby class doing class work.

Martha Mwanza helping a student write the letter T on the board.

Meet Baby Abraham, Jane's son. Jane was in the Girls program and got pregnant. She and her son are living with Sofia's mum, who has been kind enough to take them in when they had nowhere to go.

Cute little Moses smiles for the camera.

Here is Jen putting baby Abraham on her back. She says she wants to go back to school.

The kitchen staff making peanut butter.

Memory sharpening some pencils for the students in Malila's class.

In line and ready to go and have lunch.

The girls in Beatrice's pod doing a math test.

Elias in the library working with some Government School students. The boys love to come in and read.

Ready for class, little Pascal stops and asks "Nkopeniko," which means "take my photo."

Ann explaining some words from the computer to some students in the library.

Emmaunel and his friend sit and chat during break time. Emmanuel has grown into a fine boy.

Charity, our cook, cleaning one the huge pots.

Boys from Charles's class hang around at the property.

Meet Emelda, Violet's daughter. She is a mum of two and is helping her mother and children. She is proud to be one of the volunteers at Living Compassion.

Florence checking on the beans in readiness for lunch.

Having lunch is fun because one has their own plateful.

The naughty three friends who are in the same grade and same school. They stay close to each other.

Our caretaker Odria with some of the cute faces of Kantolomba.

Reading is a plus in one's life. Here our 78-year-old caretaker's husband is able to read perfectly. The girls came running to me when they saw him reading and asked me if they could ask him if he finished school. He told them how he went to school in the old days and how he was the brightest student in his school. The girls listened with interest and promised him that they will work hard so that they can read clearly and read to their children later on in life.

Joyce, a Grade 7 student, reading a passage from a English book in front of her friends in her pod.

Memory sits in Malila's class helping little Loveness with handwriting.

Writing the letter M on the board. The little ones enjoy this activity.

The cute and happy faces of Kantolomba.

Little Mercy, who is in Ethel's class, smiles for the camera.

Pauline and Margret busy serving the little hungry ones.

Busy writing in Teacher Malila's class. It's fun watching them struggle as they hold their pencils. Soon they will be writing perfectly!

Baby Peace came visiting to the property,

Grade 1 students Angela and Rodah pose for a photo as they wait for lunch.

Blessing, a Grade 8 student, listening to Teacher Theresa in the English class.

Little funny faces of Kantolomba.