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Our girls from Zora came to have lunch here at Living Compassion. This week they have sports at school.

Our cute faces for this week are the little ones from Malila's class.

Some of our team members sorting beans in preparation for Wednesday's lunch.

Martha putting out leftover charcoal after cooking. Water is poured on the coals, then they are dried to be used again later.

Little Elisha singing one of the most well-known Genki songs, "Left and Right."

Veronica and little Eunice. Eunice has started Grade One at Twatemwa School here in Kantolomba.

Our Government School students having some time in the library with Elias and Ann before they go to lunch.

Team members making sure that the nshima is nicely done with no lumps of mealie meal. The huge pot is stirred by three people to make the stirring easier. Teamwork, yeah!

Sweet and cute faces of Living Compassion Kantolomba. These are the little ones from Susan's class. They just love to have their photo taken.

Little Danny reciting a poem he has been learning in Susan's class in English. So cute!

Older Foster and Charity sorting beans in readiness for Wednesday's lunch.

Pauline stirring the soya chunks to make sure that they do not burn. The soya chunks are eaten with nshima and green veggies.

Our cute twins Mapalo and Bupe smile for the camera as they wait for their turn to have lunch.

Felistus, Onester, and Marian, our Grade Nine students at Twabo School. How time flies--not so long ago these girls were little, and now they have grown into beautiful young ladies!

Veronica with some of our little ones who  have started Grade One at Twatemwa School this year. The little ones were in Veronica's class last year.

Preparing peanut butter. Brenda and Regina busy pounding the nuts for the peanut butter rice on the menu for Friday.

Doris checking out the boiling nshima. It is ready to be stirred and made into a thick paste.

Teamwork is our motto here at Living Compassion. Here the women are working together clearing weeds outside the property.

Our two cute faces from Kantolomba for this week are little Chola and Mapalo, who have just started Grade One this year at Twatemwa School. They look cute in their new uniforms!

Felistus, Onester, and Marian, our Grade Nine students at Twabo School. How time flies--not so long ago these girls were little, and now they have grown into beautiful young ladies!

Veronica with some of our little ones who  have started Grade One at Twatemwa School this year. The little ones were in Veronica's class last year.

Preparing peanut butter. Brenda and Regina busy pounding the nuts for the peanut butter rice on the menu for Friday.

Doris checking out the boiling nshima. It is ready to be stirred and made into a thick paste.

Teamwork is our motto here at Living Compassion. Here the women are working together clearing weeds outside the property.

Our two cute faces from Kantolomba for this week are little Chola and Mapalo, who have just started Grade One this year at Twatemwa School. They look cute in their new uniforms!

Three of our girls from Zora, Veronica Kalaba, Elizabeth Mwale, and Loveness Katongo.

Preparing veggies called Chinese cabbage. They are boiled in salty water, and peanut butter is added. They taste so good!

Charcoal packing. The ladies work together to carry the huge sacks of charcoal to the storeroom.

Our cute photo for this week is little Emmanuel in his cute little boots.

Our huge charcoal brazier is very hot and ready for the huge pot of nshima to go on it to cook.

Pauline preparing soya chunks. Soya is a favourite here, and the children just love it so much.

Martha cleaning the corridor here at Living Compassion. She sends new year greetings to all.

Some of our girls sit with Memory as she checks test results. Grade Seven and Nine results are out, and we are waiting for the official announcement by the Ministry of Education.

Ester Makumba sitting patiently, waiting for her results.

The team sorting out charcoal near the storeroom. They love singing when working together and say it makes them work faster.

Little Joseph knows how to ride his father's bicycle. When his father is not fetching firewood using the bicycle, he rides it around Kantolomba.

Regina and Audria dishing out lunch in the dining hall. We are all so pleased to be feeding so many hungry mouths of Kantolomba.

Little Nancy showing off her new chitenge outfit made by her mother, who is a tailor.

Little Eunice is our cute face of Kantolomba this week.

Jowen repackaging some sugar at the Living Compassion tuck shop. The goods diplayed are sold to community members who live nearby.

Little Chiluba enjoying her lunch of egg and rice.

Our little ones from Twabo Primary School reading outside the library here at Living Compassion after classes at their school.

Little Foster, grandchild of team member younger Foster, gives a big smile.

Jowen making sure that the surroundings look lovely and neat. It is the rainy season, and weeds are growing fast.

John cutting shrubs. He maintains the hedges around the property.

Little Christabel is all smiles as she says "Happy New Year" to all the Living Compassion USA team.

Our two cute babies for this week are Emmauel, the son of our very own team member Mirriam Sibale, and Andrew Josephine's son. They are both friends as well as neighbors.

Esnart and her siblings.

"Happy New Year to all!" from Eunice, Chileshe, and Cathrine.

All smiles from the boys as they also say "Happy New Year to you all!"

Memory is happy to be training to become a teacher. She shares with her friends here what she's learning at her college.

Emelda sweeping. She loves her work here at Living Compassion.

Our oldest team member at 69 years old carries some weeds after weeding.

Euginia is feeling much better after being sick for some time.

The team after a day's work.

Our Twabo girls Christin, Theresa, and Faith came visiting at the Living Compassion house.

Team members peeling vegetables.

Veronica, our accountant, doing some work in the library.

Our very own Grade Twelve student Maureen Chiplil. She has been in the program since she was five years old and has grown into a beautiful young lady. She wants to do nursing.

Here we are saying "congratulations" to our two Grade One students from Twabo school for coming out first and second in their end-of-year tests. They are both going to Grade Two next year.

Fetching clean water at the Living Compassion tap.

The rains are here and the weather is chilly most of the time. Our little ones are clad in warm clothing as well as boots (for those who can afford them), just like little Danny here who is a student in Susan's class.

Pauline doing some sweeping. She is a mother of seven and has been volunteering here since Living Compassion started.

Doing weeding as a team. Working together as a family is our motto here at Living Compassion.