Doing something good for the project? Get in touch...

There are lots and lots of people doing great things for the Hope for Chilubula project and we want to hear about them. If you have been involved in a fundraiser or have something planned email me, Gareth Thomas (the website editor) and let me know. I’ll then get the info posted up here. If you have pictures send them on too. My email address is gareth.thomas[at]gmail.com. Replace the [at] with an @ sign – I don’t want my full email address here as otherwise I get spammed to death!

Thanks, Gareth

British Airways and Diageo lend a hand

Earlier this year, Charlie flew out to Zambia and thanks to the hard work of some of the support group, he was able to receive a very welcome - and rather large, package at the other end. Hannah Thomas, with the help of her friend, Keren, had managed to secure half a ton of free cargo space from the very generous British Airways. The great people of Diageo (Hannah’s company) and lots of other friends and family – thanks Jennie Bryson! – then collected a huge amount of clothes, toys and essential items for the village children. Charlie ferried the load to the village and distributed to those in need. A superb effort that will really help the whole community.

Progress update from Jo Kambuka

In August I visited Chilubula with our friends, Jen and John. We all had a fantastic time in Chilubula, and are all so pleased that the project is really making progress. Here is a brief summary of the types of things we did:

Jen and I taught the children in the nursery every morning for two hours for two weeks. We tried a variety of activities including singing, dancing, team games, craft activities, writing, painting etc. It was a pleasure to see them make progress in that short space of time. On our penultimate day we arranged some party games which included musical
chairs, pass the parcel and pin the tail on the giraffe! They were so pleased with their prizes of biscuits and sweets.

Charlie spent much of his time organising the Sports Day which was held on Saturday 26th August. He and his workers transformed the area in front of the school into a superb arena with shelters, white stone pathways, and a big entrance. He devised all the events and organized the committee to help with preparations.

We all helped in the distribution of clothing, shoes and bedding to approximately 70 children on the register.

Our stay culminated in the Sports Day, which proved to be a fantastic event with approximately 500 people attending. The day started with some traditional drumming and dancing and than less traditional activities took place. John, Jen and I were in charge of distributing the 1100 buns that we had helped to prepare plus 100 litres of squash and 400 litres of munkoyo (local brew) to all the eager spectators! It was organized chaos but a fantastic day. Video evidence is in circulation of my speech in Bemba!

See lots of you soon,

Love,

Jo