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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.

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.

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.

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.