Summer in Chilubula (Part 1)

We had three main aims for our visit to Chilubula this year: to organise a community sports' day, to make contact with people at World Vision in Kasama and talk to them about how they might support the Centre in Chilubula and finally to distribute clothes donated by students at Newstead Wood and Ashburton schools.

I am glad to say that we achieved all three of our aims!

The picture above shows me leading some of the crowd in 'The Luckiest Person' event at the Sports' Day, with the winner taking a prize of K10,000;more than a day's pay in the village! We had a crowd of about 650 spectators during the day with many participating in events such as the sack race, pole climbing, three-legged race and the ever popular pea spitting. All winners claimed prizes ranging from bread to dried fish and soap.