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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.

Our cute face for this week is little Mirriam Phiri. She was a student in Beatrice's class last year and is now in Grade One at Twatemwa Primary School. Here she is in the library at Living Compassion.

Some of the kitchen staff sorting beans in readiness for Wednesday's meal.

Having lunch. The little ones really enjoy the rice and egg dish which is on our Tuesday menu.

Reachel, one of our girls doing Clinical Medicine in college in Luanshya, came visiting at the Living Compassion house over the weekend. She and the other girls are on training attachment. Reachel is doing her attachment at the Ndola Teaching Hospital.

This week is Child Health Week and the health workers are going around communities to give vitamins and de-worming tablets to children under five years old. The team of health workers came here on Monday and gave our little ones the tablets.

Jowen helping Peter carry a rock. The rocks are being removed to safe places to leave space for the playground.

Students in Beatrice's class waiting patiently for lunch.

Monica stirring the nshima in the kitchen.

Eugenia having her breakfast after cooking nshima. The weather is cold and a hot cup of tea will do the trick of keeping one warm.

Our cute little faces of Kantolomba are from Malila's class, posing for a photo during lunch time.

Ruth and Brenda after other team members sang them "Happy Birthday."

The birthday girls preparing vegtables. They share the same birth date though different years. Brenda is older than Ruth.

Little Ackim doing his homework. At home there was no one in the family to help him, as he is the only one who goes to school. He came to Living Compassion for help, just as other students do.

Pauline gathering charcoal to put on the huge brazier for cooking.

Charcoal being hauled into the storage room by our strong team members.

Mirriam Mutale, a mother of eight, is so glad and appreciates being on the team. She says life is much easier now that she is able to put food on the table to feed her large family.

Doris collecting water at the Living Compassion tap.

Little Cathrine and her friend show their lunch boxes of food.

Some of our Grade Four students from Twatemwa School pose for a photo at Living Compassion after a football match in which our team won 2-0.

Dorcus and Ann giving food to the children in the dining hall.

Malila's class singing as they wait for their turn to go in for lunch.

Euginia talking to some of the team members about hygiene. The team sit together during lunch and talk about work matters.

Some of Team Living Compassion who beat the Twatemwa School team in a football match.

Our cute little ones from Kantolomba are some students from Veronica's class. They are now ready to go to Grade One next year.