Charles teaching English to the older students.
Our cute faces for this week are the children in Beatrice's class.
The rainy season is still here, and everywhere the vegetation looks green. Here team members are weeding some of the rapidly growing grass.
Sorting peanuts in readiness for Friday's peanut butter rice.
Monica sorting eggs.
Some of the team members preparing cabbage.
Writing in Malila's English class.
Our very own Grade Nine Twabo girls, Onester Bwalya, Marian Mulilo, and Olina Luchembe. Olina repeated Grade Nine after not making it to Grade Ten.
Our little ones from Twabo Private School at Living Compassion after lunch.
Little lunchboxes piled up during class. The little ones use the boxes to carry leftover lunch home with them.
Ruth busy preparing veggies called Chinese cabbage, which are taken with nshima.
Mirriam stirring the nshima, which is the second step of preparing it. One has to stir the nshima constantly until it thickens and is then left to boil.
Happy birthday little Astrida, who turned 9 on Monday. She is in Veronica's class here at Living Compassion.
Three months ago Juliet, the old caretaker's daughter, had a baby girl and named her Favor. Here Juliet is on her way to taking little Favor to the Under Five clinic.
Cute faces for this week are the little ones from baby class.
Beatrice helping serve lunch to the children.
John busy finding the meaning of some English words in the library. This was during lunch break, when the teachers help the team members who want clarification on English words.
Ann in the library helping a student read a book she selected.
Quiz time. The teachers gather in the library to find the Bemba word for some English words.
Our sweet little ones singing in class.
Euginia reading some Engish words with the help of Margret. Margret has started going to evening classes and is in Grade Three at Twatemwa School right here in Kantolomba.
Some of our teachers discussing how to improve teaching the English language.
Our cute little one for this week is Docus Mukwemba in her new uniform. Docus, who is Audria's daughter, has diabetes and has been in and out of hospital. The good news is that she made it to Grade Eight this year and has been accepted at Twatemwa School here in Kantolomba.
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.