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Little Margret, who is in Veronica's class, is happy that next year she is going to Grade One at Government School. She is the last born in a family of ten and her older siblings never went to school. She is lucky that Living Compassion came in time for her family to see the value of education. Her parents want her to get educated.

Dorcas, Audria's daughter who has diabetes, is now feeling much better and is able to eat normally. Even her weight has improved.

Little Bruce enjoying his lunch.

Mr. Chitundu is a parent who is happy with what Living Compassion is doing for the community. He took time off from his busy schedule to help out at the property. Here he is clearing the lawn.

Some of our 2017 girls that are in the program.

Susan wearing lovely chitenge attire. She is a proud mother of six and loves teaching, which she is proud of. To help herself she has started night school to improve.

Our Girls Team have lunch after helping out at the property. They were helping the kitchen staff serve the food.

Ann finalizing the cooking in the kitchen.

Little Edna with her big sister. The sister came to pick her up after school. She is one of the new girls in the 2017 program.

Play time is fun for the little ones. The game is called Ichiyenga. Are they not a cute bunch?

The Kitchen Team doing the veggies in readiness for lunch.

The boys are not left out of the Ichyenga game. They too love to play it.

Martha is now very strong and energetic and is able to stir the huge pot of nshima.

Little Victor trying to be a Good Samaritan by helping carry his friends' lunch boxes during lunch time.

Pauline doing some clearing. The rains are here and grass is growing very fast.

The problem of ringworm is back among the children of Kantolomba, as can be seen by a boy who came to the property. He was in the company of his friends, who are students at Living Compassion.

Here are some of the beautiful, healthy, cute faces of Kantolomba.

Some of our lovely girls who are in the program here at Living Compassion. They are our pride.

Little Vincent, who is in Ethel's class, poses for a photo.

Audria preparing her veggies for supper at home. She picked the vegetables from the Living Compassion garden.

Our little bundle of joy who was just added to the Living Compassion family. This is baby Peace, who is Josephine's baby. He was born a week ago.

Our member of staff Margret shows off her new outfit that she bought from a secondhand trader.

Two Girls Team members pose for a photo after classes. Rachel is going into Grade 12 next year. Alice is a Grade 11 student and one of the 2017 new girls in the program.

The girls in the program have changed both in behavior and appearance. They look neat and cute as seen here. That's Blessing and Rachel.

Students of Living Compassion in class and listening to their teacher.

So cute! Little Elsa smiles for the camera.

One of the many hairstyles that are becoming common because of Christmas.

Here is baby Peace, the newest member of our family.

In her spare time, our staff member Miriam does hair plaiting. Here she plaits little Blessing's hair. She is very talented.

Prisca, one of the team members, in a chitenge outfit, looking so beautiful.

Mangos are in season and the team members have a share of their own from the Living Compassion compound.

The women working on the drainage. The rains are here and we need to keep the surroundings clean.

Pauline and Theresa chatting during lunch time.

Posing for a photo, Jowen's family all grown up.

The twins Mary and Susan with their friend Chilufya pose for a photo after classes.

Blessing, one the new 2017 Girls Program members. She is one of the many girls who love all the programs that are offered at Living Compassion. A perfect candidate.

Little Miriam, now in Grade 2, used to be in Joy's class, the first class that Sister Phil introduced here at Living Compassion years back. She's all grown up.

A cute face of Kantolomba. Little Lillian poses for a photo.

Enjoying a drink of water. Prisca helps a little girl from the community.

Meet little Jen Chilufya. Isn't she a cutie?

Donald, a Grade 5 student at Government School, wants to become a teacher when he grows up.

Some Government School students enjoying lunch.

Teacher Veronica enjoying a mango, which are now in season. The fruit is in abundance at the property, and we are enjoying them.

Little Moses in class pointing at number 4.

Natasha and her friends reading a book they picked from the library.

Teacher Malila helping and observing her student in class.

Audria sharing a mango among the little ones.

Cute little Loveness ready to go into class.

Here are the cute faces of Kantolomba for this week.

Joy and little Naomi, her student, pose for a photo. It was the little angel's birthday.

Meet our little cute baby girl who was born on the 15th of October when we were celebrating the Bridge Walk.

That's the mum, Charity, and baby Mildred, both doing fine.

Six year old Chileshe, a student in Susan's class, enjoys playing with his friends around the property.

Junior and his cousin pose for a photo during their lunch break.

Emmanuel and his friends.

Little Naomi.

Grade 3 students from Government School hanging around. They are not in class because the teachers at their school are busy with preparing their end of year exams.

The women working. The rains are around the corner.

Ethel's students play in the classroom.

The women working around the water tanks.

Little Baby Mildred.

Peter doing some work.

Little Memory eats lunch and shows off her new hairdo, which her mum did.

Cute little faces of Kantolomba. Little Sandra posing for a photo in class.

Meet Veronica's new granddaughter, who is four months old. She was brought in by her mum to visit.

Siblings Mustafa and Loveness have lunch. The two are orphans.

Smiling for the camera in Charles's class. Samuel wants to become a pilot and fly the Living Compassion staff to America, he says.

Little Michael having his lunch. He's so naughty and all grown. He is the man at home.

Some of our Grade 7 students who are sitting for their exams. We are behind them all the way.

Little Eunice is our everyday visitor at Living Compassion. She keeps coming back each day and even bugs her mum that she wants to go into class. She loves playing around the property.

Boys from teacher Malila's class looking so innocent yet very naughty. It's so fun to see them coming out of their shy shells.

It's lunch time and the little ones line up to wash their hands.

The older Foster in the kitchen preparing lunch.

Ester, one of the Grade 11 students in the Girls Program, helping in the classroom. She had some free time and came in to teach.

A very cute smile indeed.

Little Silvia in class busy with her work. Next year she is going to Grade One.

Florence and Monica doing the veggies in readiness for lunch.

It's lunch time. Yummy, the food tastes so good!

Drums of all sorts and sizes are being used to make music in preparation for the Bridge Walk this year. The students are using containers, old pots, and pans.

The Bridge Walk is just around the corner and all sorts of fun programs are taking place, as can be seen by little Hector busy with his drum.

Paul shows off his growing teeth. He is so happy! He is no longer camera shy and smiles with delight at all the preparations.

Many of the team have shared their stories looking back at the transformation over the years. Older Foster sits in the shade as she tells her story when I interviewed her. Here is what she told me: "I was one of the first members of the team here in Kantolomba. I have grown with the team and the students. I have watched the first 25 students grow into fine boys and girls. A very good example is my grandchild Natasha who was in the first 100. She is still in school doing Grade 9. I am proud of her, and I know she is going to finish school."

Peter and Elias busy doing charity work for the community of Kantolomba.

This is the banner we made here that we are going to use for the Bridge Walk.

The Team doing some work for the community.

Team work here in Kantolomba.

We pose for a photo after a day's work. What fun!

We also did a thorough cleanup at the property.

Mary Mwanza holding a banner.

Ester poses for a photo.

The Girls Team dancing to their song they love so much about Living Compassion.

Blessing Kabwe posing with a poster.

The men's team of Living Compassion holding the banner.

The Girls Team.

Even little Christabel, Audria's daughter, came to the celebrations.

The babies also had their fair share of the celebrations.

Marian celebrating.

This is how the back of T-shirts came out.

Christin, one of the oldest members of our team, poses for a photo.

A packet of sugar repacked into smaller plastic bags so that people who cannot afford to buy a big packet can get the commodity. A very common thing in Kantolomba. Even mealie meal is done in the same way.

Elijah and his friend enjoy themselves having lunch.

Martha working outside the tuck shop. The weather is too hot for her to sit inside the shop, she says.

Students in Beatrice's class sit and listen to their teacher.

A beautiful face of Kantolomba. Mary, a student in Joy's class, would like to be a teacher when she grows up.

Cute faces of Kantolomba.

Little Silvia smiling for the camera. She is in Ethel's class.

At lunch time, the boys line up to wash their little hands.

Looking cute and all grown up, little Frank poses for a photo. He is ready to go to Grade One next year.

Ring worms are becoming common among children in Kantolomba. We even have some cases here at Living Compassion. The good news is that the health department is sending a team to our community to de-worm the children. Pills will be given in the coming week.