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Smiles from Living Compassion Zambia. The young ones pose for a group photo at the property.

The Stay in School team in Charles's class. These three girls are so far very good in class and are very good friends.

The team doing veggies at the property in readiness for lunch.

Christine painting the wall here at Living Compassion. Our property needs to look clean and neat, so we did some painting here and there. In one week we were able to paint the smaller hall, Vero's classroom, and Ethel's classroom. Teamwork pays.

Pascal, one of the oldest members of our team, smiles for the camera. He says he is still strong and has seen the year 2015 with the help of Living Compassion keeping him on board. Volunteering each day makes him exercise more, and at 76 he is fit.

Peter cleaning the walls at the property with a big smile on his face.

The rains are here and the weather tends to become chilly here in the morning. To get warm the little ones hug together as they sing together their favorite Genki songs and start jumping up and down.

Again it's a 100 percent pass rate here at Living Compassion. Some of our Grade 8 students pose for a photo with Vero and Joy in the back. They do make me proud and I hold my head high as I pass through the community going home. I am hearing whispers of people saying she is really helping our children.

Joan doing the dishes at the property after lunch. She is OK and doing fine now.

Joyce and her two friends are happy to be in Grade 8 and they say extra lessons have paid off.

Lunch time at the property. Students enjoy their meal in the dining hall.

Ready to go to Grade One on Monday this coming week. Jack, Elias, and Charles say yes, they are ready to go, and show what they have learnt so far here at Living Compassion.

The ladies sorting out eggs at the property.

Weeding at the property. Grass is growing so fast due to the heavy rains that are constantly pouring here in Ndola and here at Living Compassion. We are here to make sure that no weed makes our property look messy.

Charles and Rhoda, who are siblings, smile for the camera. They are students here at the property and live with their mum here in Kantolomba. Charles is living positively with the HIV virus while his sister is negative. When Charles was born, that is when his parents knew that they were both positive. Through proper care and medication the family is healthy.

Hair styles. Looking cute here at the property, Eva and Eunice show off their hair do's. They are both students in Ethel's class.

Meet little Ronika. She is a cute little angel. In teacher Ethel's class she loves to sing the Genki songs and dance to the rhythm. She lives right next door to the property with her parents and has a little baby brother at home. At times he follows her to school.

Smiling faces at the property during break time.

Veronica and Beatrice in the classroom busy with the charts. The All Stars charts are still followed and the teachers need to make sure that they prepare them in advance for the following month.

Now that the rains are here, all sorts of edible veggies are growing on the property. Here, Audria picks some of the veggies popularly known as bondwe. The veggies are a delicacy and are eaten with nshima when boiled.

Comfort looks into the camera. He is growing fast, and soon he too will go to Government school.

John sitting outside the fence while his friends are learning. He is one of the many children in Kantolomba who does not go to school and when it's almost lunch time at the property, he and his many friends come in hope they can have a share.

Listening very careful to their teacher during extra lessons.

At the property we have different types of shrubs growing around. The trees make the surroundings look very beautiful. One can hear people passing by comment about Living Compassion Kantolomba and how well kept the property looks.

Audria and Joan busy stirring the nshima in readiness for lunch at the property. It takes two people to stir this huge pot of nshima.

Audria busy in the dining hall serving nshima to students.

Break time at the property. Lister and her friends play on the lawn.

Enjoying my nshima with beans, says little Antony at the property. He is one of the students that is graduating from baby class to reception class.

Teacher Beatrice helping out, serving us lunch at the property.

Lunchtime, and sharing time too, here at the property. The little ones love to put together their lunch and eat together, a true example of COMPASSION.

Martha and Veronica at the property after the meeting we had.

Meet little Enala, one of the All Stars Girls Stay in School members. She is in grade five at Government school and she loves to read the little English books that are in our library here at the property. She wants to become the president of this country when she grows up. She's so cute.

Guess who? Yes, this is Baby Emmanuel, Susan's son. He is now three months old and looks very healthy. He was brought to the property for his feeding. It's amazing how fast babies grow.

Little Enala just finishing washing her plate after lunch.

Living Compassion staff members busy packing charcoal at the property.

Joseph in class pointing to the letter "B" on the board. He is the son of our Living Compassion staff member Peter. Joseph is a twin, as is his father. Joseph's sister Sheba is also in the same class.

Lining up to go into class at the property. When they see me with the camera in my hand, all these cute faces think "show a big smile."

Meet cute little Emmanuel. Not long ago he was only a baby coming to the property to be fed by his mother Maureen, one of our staff members. Today he is a cute boy and is able sing along with the Genki songs that are sung at the property.

Prisca cleaning the beans in readiness for the next day's meal at the property.

Singing "What's your name" at the property. It's the popular song that everyone loves to sing.

Smiling faces from Kantolomba. So cute!

Susan back at the property after going on leave. She recently had a baby.

Students at the property during lunch time.

Flash cards are some of the tools used in the teachers' new method of teaching here at the property. It is fun for both the teachers and the students.

Teacher Joy enjoys the flash card lesson, which even includes colors. She says it's very easy for the students to understand, as they see the object on the card as well as the letters.

Shapes and colors are some of the questions that are being asked at government school for the new students who are going to enroll next year in grade one. The students here at Living Compassion are lucky because this is what they have been taught in English since they came to the property. No wonder we always have a one hundred percent pass rate!

Dickson is one the candidates who is going to grade one next year. The secret in the interview for one to qualify to go to government school is to identify colors, numbers, and shapes. Dickson is not worried, for he knows every color, number, and shape, which he has been learning with his teacher Veronica.

Abram with his friend here at Living Compassion. Both students are in Baby Class and are both 4 years old. The two are naughty and they do make the Baby Class rock. They like playing with the puppets that we have for them here.

Having lunch at the property is one of the most cherished moments for the students. They just love it.

Is she crying??? No, no, she's laughing. Meet little Esnart, a student here at Living Compassion. She was busy laughing when I caught up with her in the dining hall at the property. Isn't she cute? It seems she enjoyed both her lessons and lunch.

Meet Little Miss Kantolomba. She was crowned on Independence Day here in the community for her beauty and intelligence. She was asked simple questions in ENGLISH, like how old are you, what's your name, etc. She did not feel shy with all the people looking at her as she answered and proudly told the audience that she goes to school at Living Compassion. She is a student in Beatrice's class and is 5 years old. Her name is Ester.

Meet our staff member Audria, who is a mother of eight and is expecting another baby due soon.

Students in Charles’s class pose with Joy outside on the lawn here at the property.

Johan wearing the Zambian national flag scarf at the property on Independence day. We also celebrated at the property with the children.

Joy in class with the children at the property.

Lemmie busy making the Zambian flag at the property. He is in Charles's class and is one of the brightest boys in his class. When he grows up he wants to be builder.

All smiles for 50 years of independence at the property.

Fashion was the order of the day on Friday at the property. Even the teachers dressed up for the occasion. Here, Teacher Beatrice poses for a photo.