Category: Zambia
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Relaxing by One of the Seven Wonders of the World
LAND OF SMOKE THAT THUNDERS David Livingstone was the first European to see the falls in the 1850s (though the Arab traders probably saw them 500 to 800 years before him. Livingstone named them for Queen Victoria, but the locals know them as the Smoke that Thunders. Our team arrived here mid-afternoon a week ago …
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A la prochaine
Living in a village with no lights in a part of the world where the sun sets at 6:00 pm has a great effect on the body. Dinner is eaten by candlelight and any reading or journal writing is done with the help of a flashlight or headlamp. More importantly, it means that you are…
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First Day of Work
A word about our lodgings. We are staying in 2 Habitat houses about 36 square metres in size each. In that space, there are 2 bedrooms, a living/dining room, a kitchen, pantry closet and a space that could be used for storage or as a shower stall (latrine is behind the house). Normally, rural African…
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Hello from Tiyende Pamodzi, Zambia
Well I’ve been here for a couple of full days now and have been able to get a good sense of the village where we’re living and working. I met up with my Habitat group at Heathrow airport on Wednesday evening. We were supposed to fly out at 7:15 in the evening local time, but…
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