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Our cute faces for this week are Maipambe and Christin, little ones from Malila's class.

Monica and Juliet cutting just some of the veggies for lunch.

Little Ennocent and his friend Brian enjoy a snack called "Jiggies" during breaktime.

Some of the team members sorting eggs. The woman on the right is the farmer in Luanshya who we buy our eggs from.

Our new outside toilet taking shape.

Audria with her grandchild. The mother of the baby is Audia's third-born daughter, who came visiting from Lusaka.

Veggies on display at Kantolomba market. The veggies cost 2 kwacha per bunch. A family of eight has to pay 10 kwacha or more just for lunch.

The ladies helping each other washing dishes.

Some of our team members sweeping and mopping the corridor. Cleaniness is our motto here, and Living Compassion is a shining example.

Older Foster, Doreen, and Jowen before going into the dining hall for lunch. Doreen is Prisca's first-born daughter. She is a mother of four and came to visit her mother.

Jackline demonstrates how we sweep the floor using local brooms made of a grass called ichipyango.

These are African eggplants, which we call impwa. It is cut, boiled until soft, and eaten with our staple food, nshima.

The team fetching water for cooking.

Our very own Susan looking so radiant, with her little cousin Jane.

The team pose with their buckets and brooms after a day's work.

Veronica helping Euginia do her home budget. She helps around because she is very good with math and is currently studying accounts in her spare time.

Some of our girls in the program during pod time. This is Theresa and Memory's English class.

Maxwell and his friend hang out after lunch. For them it's play time, as schools have closed.

Our cute face for this week is little Gloria who is in Teacher Susan's class. Before Gloria was accepted in the program, she was malnourished, her father had just passed on, and her mother was very ill. Gloria today is a healthy happy girl, and she runs around a lot playing with friends. She is looked after by her fifteen-year-old big sister.

Cute face of Elizabeth with Theresa.

Buckets of clean water waiting to be collected at the Living Compassiion tap by a member of the community. The well is helping a lot of people here, now that the main water company cannot supply enough water due to inadequate rainfall.

Doris posing for a photo while singing a song about how she is happy and grateful to Living Compassion for the wonderful life she is living today.

Euginia dishing out the nshima from the hot pot in the kitchen area. All those buckets are used for carrying food to the dining hall.

Students come to do extra lessons with us during their mid-term break. Here they do a math exercise which tutor Charles prepared.

Peter, our latest student who is doing carpentry at Mushili Skills Center. He is a father of five and lives right here in Kantolomba. He is so happy to be learning a skill.

John playing with his toy bicycle while waiting for lunch.

The little ones sit and wait for lunch. Schools have closed, and many children are coming to have lunch. To help them keep quiet while the girls in the program are studying, we keep them in one classroom and tell them stories.

The women sweeping as part of cleaning the area surrounding Living Compassion.

These cute faces of Kantolomba are little ones in Susan's class. They just love to have their photo taken!

The little ones enjoy their lunch of nshima with soya chunks and green veggies. Yummy!

Pauline doing it in style, preparing a huge pot of rice.

A cute photo of our team memebers Emelda, Malila, and Memory.

Jackline starting with the nshima.

Charles and Eugenia sitting in the sun during breaktime. The weather is still chilly.

Our little genius Edna Phiri. She came out number one in class after doing the end-of-term tests. We at Living Compassion are very, very proud of her. Hurray!

Mother and daughter, Natasha and Edna Phiri. Mother was so proud of her daughter.

This is our traditional pestle and mortar which we use to pound groundnuts. To do all the pounding in time, we have three mortars and do the pounding three days in advance.

A huge pot of veggies in the dining room ready to be dished out to the many hungry children of Kantolomba. The veggies are called Chinese cabbage. They are boiled in salty water, tomatoes, and onions and are taken with nshima.

The little ones from Malila's class having their egg and rice lunch.

Martha and Eugenia at the kitchen area with chef caps on, ready for the day's cooking. It is always a joy to them to cook for the children here at Living Compassion.

Cute faces of Kantolomba, siblings Edna and Martha with Theresa.

Chiluba, a Grade Three student at Twatemwa Primary School, writing a word on the board during an English spelling competition between Living Compassion and Twatemwa students here. Living Compassion won the competition.

Audria with her daughters Christabel and Dorcus.

Malila and Beatrice, our two cute Living Compassion tutors.

Veronica going over Eugenia's stipend with her. Veronica is good at math and makes sure that everyone counts their money properly. She also teaches how to spend wisely.

Our two Grade Eleven students who switched from Lubuto Secondary School to Zora Private School. This week all the students are writing their end-of-term tests.

Remember him? Yes, this is Michael Jowan's son, who was just a little one not long ago. He has grown into a handsome young boy who will be starting Grade One next year. How time flies!

Little Julian enjoys her lunch of rice and egg. She is a student in Beatrice's class.

Our Girls from Twabo School pose for a photo after lunch here at Living Compassion.

Marian has improved in her class work at Twabo after going back to Grade Eight, and even her health has improved.

Monica at the kitchen area sorting beans in readiness for Wednesday's lunch.

Our cute little faces for this week are Eunice (Josephine's daughter) and her friends. They look so beautiful and adorable.

John, late Ethel's son, busy trimming. He makes sure that the Living Compassion grounds look clean and beautiful.

Doris and Margret warming themelves in the sun.

Younger Foster preparing veggies for lunch.

Students in the program come to the library here from their respective schools after classes. They read and do their homework before they go home and get help from our tutors. Here they are writing what Charles has written on the board.

Monica carrying a bucket of nshima to the dining hall. She is the mother of five and is looking after three children of her late sister, Mable Mfula. She loves volunteering at Living Compassion and is proud that she is part of the Living Compassion family.

Peter and Susan off to school. They have started going to a skills school in Mushili, not very far from Kantolomba. Peter is doing plumbing and Susan is doing tailoring. We are all behind them and wish them all the best.

A pot of nuts ready to be roasted and then pounded to make peanut butter.

Kakoma, Theresa's son, ready for school. He, too, is at Mushili Skills School doing plumbing, and he is very excited about school.

Monica roasting nuts.

Cute faces for this week are from Beatrice's class. Here they are singing the alphabet.

Younger Foster sorting beans.

Peter helping Susan get into the taxi to get to Mushili Skills School.

Jonathan and his friend enjoying plates of peanut butter rice during lunch in the dining hall.

Felistus and Onester are on mid-term break from school at Twabo. They are coming to Living Compassion each day until school resumes on Monday. They say they are learning a lot at private school and that one of the differences from government school is that they stay in school for longer hours and they have homework every day.

Our girls during quiz time.

Our cute faces of Kantolomba for this week are from Beatrice's class.

Grade 12 student Joyce Meleki just after having her lunch here. Soon she and Monica Chipili will be sitting for their final Grade Twelve exams.

Teacher Ann with Natasha and Sofia after an English lesson using the iPads. Ann and Memory are doing so well with the iPads!

Monica receiving her stipend from Veronica. She's all smiles.

A stolen photo of Memory Luchele doing a computer practical exam at school. All our Grade Nine students have started doing practicals in advance. Because most schools here do not have enough computers for each student, the computers are shared, so the practical exams need to start early. The rest of the exams will start in November.

Peter and John enjoying their lunch.

Beatrice in class preparing for her next day's work.