May 18, 2017

Students from Beatrice's class writing their numbers.

Lovely and cute faces of Kantolomba.

Our Grade 9 girl students doing their homework in class.

The teachers having some free time during their lunch break as they wait for the students.

Veronica giving a math test to the Grade 9 students.

The younger Foster doing some weeding.

Gardening on the property.

Monica pounding the groundnuts preparing them for Friday's rice and peanut butter.

Some of the team members. Gratitude to them for being there always and working together.

Government Schools have reopened and the library again is 100% active with students. Here, Elias helps Patrick with reading.

Memory's pod in action doing class work.

Susan preparing some books for the students in the library.

May 3, 2017

Mary Mwanza and Bertha Mutale are Grade 9 students in the Girls Program. They say confidently that they are doing better now than when they did not have the teachers in their pods.

Anne and Prisca share a light moment.

Susan and Onester in class.

Martha and her mum Angela have been in the program for some time now.

Charity's daughter is growing fast and healthy. Mum is so proud of her.

Cute faces of the Girls Program at Living Compassion.

April 27, 2017

Blessing, a Grade 8 student, reading to some pre-schoolers before going into her pod.

Teacher Beatrice preparing work for her pod.

An example of a report sheet of a Grade 7 student.

Happy faces of Kantolomba.

Little Enala, a student here at Living Compassion, poses for a photo. Her mum just gave birth to a baby boy, and she was telling me that she now has a brother.

The team serving lunch.

Little Ben braved the cold to come and have his lunch at the property. The weather has changed and here in Zambia it's chilly.

Veronica explaining a math point to Mary and Bertha, both Grade 9 students at Twatemwa Basic School.

Onester, who is in Charles's class, and Loveness, who is in Grade 8, help each other reading in class as they wait for their teachers.

April 20, 2017

Naughty little Bruce poses for a photo.

The girls in class. It's all about reading!

The usual cute, healthy, and happy faces of Kantolomba.

Little Esnart seriously asking me why she does not go into class to learn but comes only to eat. Her time will come! So cute.

The holidays are here and little Precious loves coming to the property very early to play and then eat lunch.

Emelda, Violet's daughter, is a happy woman. She says she is able to look after Violet, who is now growing old. All thanks to Living Compassion. Violet was one of the original members of the team and is now retired.

Some of the words which the girls are having problems pronouncing are using the letter R and L. Here Teacher Malila writes on the board for all the students to read.

Standing in line, the students wait for lunch to be served.

Fencing is still going on. Here Ruth and Natasha carry the wood to the top part of the property.

April 13, 2017

Bertha reading to her friends. She is improving very much.

Doreen, Veronica's daughter, is with us at the property. She is on break from school and here she is helping out with the girls.

Memory keeping a sharp ear on the girls' reading, making sure that the pronunciation is correct.

Natasha reading to us before going to her pod. As usual, she is full of fun.

Brenda cleaning the huge pot used for nshima.

Elias in the library going through some books.

As usual, cute faces of Kantolomba.

Ethel with her pod. Here she is with Sera who is a slow learner. Ethel says she is catching up.

A huge big smile from Jowen after a day's work.

Charles with his pod pose for a photo.

Margaret loves to have her photo taken.

Charles reading a book as he waits for his pod.

April 6, 2017

Our very own brilliant students Memory and Joyce. They say the sky is the limit in their school work.

Veronica and Joy share a light moment.

Grade One students laze around after reading and having lunch.

Pauline fetching water at Living Compassion for her house.

Some team members sit and wait for lunch.

Little Julie smiling for the camera. She is in Joy's class.

Here are some cute faces of Kantolomba.

The teachers wait for their pods after lunch. They are well prepared and everyone is committed.

Joy preparing her work in the library.

March 30, 2017

The team weeding. The rains are almost gone and winter is kicking in.

Students from Veronica's class reading. Reading has become the most liked subject here since the library was stocked with new books.

Susan and Mary enjoying sugar cane, which is in season now.

The iPad is the latest learning tool here and Ann is one of the Teachers that has been trained to use it. Here she is with Patrick, a Grade 1 student learning the alphabet.

Charles in the library preparing work for extra lessons.

Students from Susan and Joy's class line up for lunch in the new dining hall.

Here they are--the cute and healthy faces of Kantolomba!

It's lunch time and little Rebbecca enjoys her meal.

Baby class listening to the Genki lesson in Joy and Susan's class.

March 23, 2017

Little Samson Phiri smiles.

Monica and Bennadete pose for a photo after extra lessons.

Christin sorting the beans.

Mary waiting for her friends in class.

Growing up! Some students from Veronica's class.

Reading in the library.

Writing in Malila's class.

Little Rhoyda carries her leftover food on her head.

Students listening to Ann as she explains.

Pauline sorting the eggs.

March 16, 2017

Martha enjoying avocado which is in season at the property.

Some of our cute faces of Kantolomba.

Some students from Teacher Beatrice's class in the library to do Genki lessons on the computer. As they wait, they look at the picture books.

The girls reading with Memory. The pods have started working and we are enjoying every minute of it.

The word of the day has been assigned to Josephine. She writes it on the blackboard each day and goes around asking the staff members and the students.

Little Innocent, so proud of himself, just wrote the number 3 on the board in Ethel's class.

Monica reading with Memory before going to school.

Margret and Angela, our two aging mothers, proudly have their photo taken. They are saying that they are ready to retire in June this year. The staff members are planning a little surprise party for them.

February 9, 2017

Grade One students in the library listening to a Genki lesson on the computer.

A concerned parent who has a son in Veronica's class came to the property for the parents meeting and was told that her son was not very good in numbers. She sat down in class to the amusement of the other students and helped her son.

Another of the many cute and healthy faces of Kantolomba.

Peter says he has learned a lot from being here at Living Compassion. He can do simple repairs around the property.

Josephine in class with some students using the Magic Pen and Book as students call it.

Time to eat. The children know that they have to line up and wash their hands.

Grade Eight and Nine students do their homework at the property. They are helped by the teachers.

Posing for a photo. Abraham wants to become a pilot when he grows up. He is in Grade One.

Reading in the library.