Hope 4 Chilubula, Zambia

2009-10-05T20:38:00.003+02:00

Summer in Chilubula (Part 3)

Jo's aunt had patiently knitted lots of gorgeous teddies to give to the children in the nursery class, and it was a great pleasure to hand them out and see the absolute delight on their faces as they each received their own toy!

The other picture shows the sports arena being watered to try and damp down the dust. This may not seem that remarkable, but the water is being transported along a pipe about 50m long and is being pumped from the well using a submersible pump attached to a petrol generator! This was the first attempt at using the pump and connecting it to the generator and was made possible by some excellent work from Leonard and my nephew Mbesha. The pump was able to fill a 210 litre drum with water in about four minutes and therefore saved HUGE amounts of time and energy.

2009-10-05T20:30:00.003+02:00

Summer in Chilubula (Part 2)

We had some fantastic clothes and school jumpers donated to us by students from Newstead Wood and Ashburton schools and here you can see Jo sorting out the boxes and handing out the items. Students from age 8 upwards who are on our register of orphans and vulnerable children were able to come and collect some clothing. We saw and gave to approximately 90 children and young adults on just the one day.

2009-10-05T20:12:00.003+02:00

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.

We may have been quiet, but a lot has been happening!

2009-07-13T19:59:00.004+02:00

Although we have not had any new pictures or words, it doesn't mean that we have been slacking! Since the last post we have held a number of fundraising events and our AGM, and have been raising both money and awareness of the charity.

The 3rd Gala Event was held at the Hilton Croydon again this year and the attendees were treated to excellent food and entertainment. A total of just over £1800 was raised for our charity.

The residents of Crowhurst Village in East Sussex again were very generous in their support when we provided the refreshments at the Village Market. Another £200 to add to the pot.

We held a music quiz in May at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon. The teams had to grapple with music from various eras, and it was a tight contest, with my team being robbed of victory by 1 point! Better luck next time! £255 to add to our funds.

Our AGM in June was attended by many of our dedicated supporters and Jen and Reuben (two of our trustees) who visited Chilubula in December, were able to give them a real flavour of how things are progressing there through pictures and words.

We have been very fortunate in the last couple of weeks to have received much support from the staff and students at Sydenham School and the staff, students and Governors of Ashburton Community School. Sydenham School have donated enough coins and notes to pay for the Sports Day that Jo and I will be organising this August in Chilubula. The staff and students of Ashburton Community School will be collecting money from an 'own clothes day' and also handing in their old schools jumpers to donate to the children in Chilubula. The Governors have been very generous in providing some financial assistance to help fund our feeding and educational programmes for the next year. We feel privileged to have such loyal supporters.

Thanks to everyone for all they do for the charity.

More pictures from Christmas in Chilubula!

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The local committee

Poultry rearing

Modelling the school uniforms made by the committee.

Christmas in Chilubula!

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(Pictures showing the completed kitchen and toilet block.)

Two of our trustees, Jen and Reuben, spent most of their Christmas break in Zambia, and the bulk of that in Chilubula to catch up on progress since they last visited in summer 2006. They were so pleased with what they saw, and with the continued enthusiasm and vision of our manager in Chilubula, Leonard.

Whilst in Chilubula, they gave training to Leonard and his assistant on the laptop they had taken with them for the Centre. Meetings were held with the local committee who were able to talk about projects they were trialling to generate income; namely, sewing school uniforms and poultry keeping. So far, 20 uniforms have been made, with plans for 50 in total. The first round of chickens have been reared and sold, with the profits being used to buy a second round of 100. the hope is to expand to around 300 chickens over a period of 3-6 months.

This is just a very brief description of an incredibly busy time spent in Chilubula, but a time that was really positive and confirmed that progress continues to be made there!

World AIDS Day - Monday 1st December 2008

2008-11-26T10:21:00.002+02:00

What will you be doing for World AIDS Day?

The organisation Avert has lots of ideas and information on their website http://www.avert.org/. There is a dedicated part of the website focusing on Zambia http://www.avert.org/aids-zambia.htm which has a huge amount of information about Zambia, the history of the AIDS epidemic, and what measures the government has put in place to help tackle the problem. It is a very interesting and informative read.

Update from Chilubula

2008-11-03T17:57:00.002+02:00

Apologies that there are no pictures with this blog, as it is just a short one to keep you informed on progress.

Reports from our manager, Leonard, in Chilubula are full of positivity; the children in the school continue to make excellent progress and enjoy their food, the staff are so happy to be paid and hence to be able to support their families. More interest has been shown in the Centre by local and national government officials, who view it as a model set up! Communication has been quite difficult for the past few months due to the mobile phone network being very unreliable, so we have been relying on old fashioned snail mail, which can be very slow!

In December two of our trustees will be travelling from the UK to spend about a week in Chilubula to check on progress and discuss future plans with the committee out there. Lots of new photos on their return to share with you!

A date for your diaries- Friday 6th March 2009 is the date of our next fund raising Ball. More details to follow shortly.

Latest photos from Chilubula!

2008-05-19T14:00:00.005+02:00

Hope you will like some of the latest photos from Chilubula showing the continuing progress on building infrastructure.

Two photos show the new kitchen to the left of the main school building, and the toilet blocks behind it. The third shows recycling in action; two new swings for the children to play on made from old tyres.

2nd Charity Gala Ball - Friday 7th March 2008

2008-04-28T16:32:00.002+02:00

Friday 7th March 2008 saw us jointly hosting our second charity ball. The event proved again to be a really enjoyable evening for all who attended; good food, service, venue and an excellent band who managed to cater for lovers of many musical genres! Many thanks to all who attended and bought raffle tickets, bid on the auction prizes etc, etc. The sum raised for each charity from the event was just over £2500! A fantastic amount to support our work.

Progress continues in Chilubula

2008-04-28T16:18:00.002+02:00

Things continue to progress in Chilubula; the kitchen was finished just before the new year (still waiting for pictures I'm afraid), the Manager is making real inroads into all the paperwork that is required now that we have more people on the payroll and have been certified by the Government (following an inspection) as a charitable organisation offering community service. The feeding and education programme for the nursery school age children continues to flourish, and the older children are enjoying the benefits of receiving food as well. Many families are benefitting from the food, education or employment opportunities arising from the Centre.

The Committee here in the UK have decided that our next fundraising efforts should be put towards the building of a dining room that will be adjacent to the dining room, so that the children can have somewhere dry and clean to eat their meals, particularly when the rains start.

Thanks for the pants!

2007-09-17T18:22:00.000+02:00

Many thanks to all those people, mostly staff (past and present) of Ashburton Community School who donated underwear for us to give out. Here you can see some of last year's nursery class looking happy with their new gear!

Building infrastructure

2007-09-17T18:03:00.000+02:00

Our building work continues! Construction of a kitchen with big wood burning pots is already underway thanks to the generosity of the girls from Sacred Heart School in Hammersmith, who between them raised an amazing amount of money to make this possible! With our aim of helping the whole community, all the bricks were made by the local committee members and many local people will be employed to assist with the construction. The pictures show the site being measured and one of the kilns used for baking the bricks.

Once the kitchen is complete, two more toilets will be added behind the school to cater for the increasing number of older children and adults we are helping at the centre.

A long, hot summer in Chilubula!

2007-09-17T17:28:00.000+02:00

We arrived in Chilubula very excited to see what progress had been made since our last visit, and we were not disappointed. The first big thing we noticed was the activity around the bore hole and the lush vegetation showing over the fence from the new garden adjacent to the bore hole. The garden is already producing plenty of tomatoes, cabbages and cucumbers, and the bananas will fruit within the next year for the first time. The close proximity of the bore hole has enabled this garden to prosper. The bore hole is used heavily by a lot of the community and has meant that they now have access to safe drinking water. We can confirm that the water is totally clear and tastes OK!

On our second day lots of people starting arriving early, and we initially thought that they had come for casual work, but it turned out they were waiting for their adult literacy class to start. Two groups have been set up in response to requests from the community; Charlie's sister Eunice takes the beginners class and his brother-in-law Leonard takes the slightly more advanced group. It was fantastic to see the enthusiasm with which the groups attacked their studies;such a desire to learn and better themselves. The majority of the classes were made up of women who had been denied an education earlier in life. They came with their small notebooks and pencils and often with their babies on their backs.

A large part of our time was spent organising the Sports Day. Last year about 500 people had turned out for the day, so we were anticipating that we would probably get more this year, perhaps 750. How wrong we were! They just kept coming and coming! We estimated about 1000 members of the community attended. All received free drinks and buns and had a thoroughly unique experience, something totally different. Event winners won prizes ranging from candles to soap to cooking oil to dried fish.

Dancing the night away!

2007-05-08T13:28:00.000+02:00

Friday 2nd March 2007 saw 270 people resplendent in black ties and sparkly dressess enjoying an evening of music, dance, good food and great company at the first trio Charity Gala Ball at the Hilton Hotel, Croydon.

Chilubula was one of the trio of charities to host the event and take a share of the profits! Months of planning and meetings went into making it the huge success it was, both in terms of people's enjoyment of the evening, but also in the amount of money that was raised. Each charity came away with just over £2800 in profit. A fantastic result!

The hotel manger of the Hilton was so impressed that we have set the date already for next year's event- Friday March 7th 2008.

We look forward to seeing you there! I am sure tickets will fly!

Registered at last!

2007-04-30T12:40:00.000+02:00

After a long wait, we are now a registered charity. Our number is 1117729.

Along with our new charity number we also have a new logo that some of you may already have seen in use. It has been designed by one of our Irish supporters, who amongst them amazingly last year raised over £4000 from their charity swimathon! Many thanks again to you all!

Now we are registered we will be able to claim Gift Aid on all donations, so your generosity will be go further!!

Water, water everywhere!

2007-04-20T15:11:00.000+02:00

The sinking of the borehole in Chilubula has created much excitement. It started as the trucks with the drilling equipment were approaching; apparently they were heard a long time before they actually arrived.

The children and the other villagers watched in fascination as the process began. The drilling took a few days, and then work was done on installing the hand pump.

Two months later and the water problem is history. This has been a huge step forward and an end to drinking unhygienic water. As well as for drinking, the water will be used to grow vegetables for the children during the dry season and to help with the completion of the remaining building work. The whole community in Chilubula will benefit.

Lots of news to come!

2007-04-14T15:09:00.000+02:00

We must apologise for the lack of updates of late, but it certainly doesn't mean that nothing has been going on! We intend to publish a full update very soon, with pictures showing the latest progress in the village, plus details of our very successful fund-raising event last month. Please keep looking, and supporting!

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

2006-11-07T00:43:00.000+02:00

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

2006-11-07T00:42:00.000+02:00

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

2006-11-06T23:54:00.000+02:00

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

Marathon effort raises crucial funds

2006-06-14T10:06:00.000+02:00

There are some amazing things going on to support our project, but I have to take my hat off to Anne-Marie and Sam who really put their bodies on (and across) the line in running all 26 miles, 385 yards of the London marathon to raise money for the Chilubula Support Group. They finished in 4 hours and 42 mins and 4 hours 10 mins respectively - a fine pair of finishing times.

Anne Marie reported hitting the infamous "wall" at about 21 miles but she soldiered on to the finish, showing true grit and determination. Apparently, it was all a bit of a blur after that and before she knew it, she was back in Devon! It was certainly worth it as between them they raised a stunning £800. So how will the money be used?

Well, Charlie is currently back out in Zambia and has reported that the main school building is complete and being used by the children three days a week. They get fed two meals a day as well on those days. We have employed two local teachers and have sent out money for the construction of three latrines and a kitchen, which is the next major job.

When those are complete, the next priority is to dig a bore hole which will provide fresh water for the community. We have raised about £2000 for that already, and Anne-Marie and Sam's money will help towards the total that we need which is about £3500.

Thanks again to Ann-Marie and Sam, and all those who supported them, for a superb effort.

What it's all about...

2006-06-01T15:30:00.000+02:00

Here are the latest pictures of the children's centre, taken with a disposal camera so please excuse the quality! As you can see, the roof is on and windows are in.

Most important of all the children are in! They are delighted with the new building and send their thanks to everyone for your continued support.

Fundraiser dinner boosts support effort

2006-06-01T15:26:00.000+02:00

Thanks to all those (more than a 100 of you) that joined us at "The Hungry Inn" (a chinese restaurant in Croydon) last Thursday for a dinner in support of the Chilubula Children's Centre. An open and closed auction was held which generated yet more valuable income for the project. Our thanks goes out to all those who attended and bid so generously and the kind donations that enabled the auction to take place. We raised in the region of £2,000. Not bad for one night's work! Watch this space because we are planning a black tie dinner next!

Zambia Volunteer Opportunities: Sept/October 2006 and May 2007

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Volunteers are required to help with the teaching and management of the orphanage. Your presence alone provides motivation and excitement for the villagers and the children benefit from new teaching ideas and materials. It is an extremely rewarding experience for you too! A full information pack is available, but here are some brief details.

We are looking for volunteers to assist in one of the following;

To teach the children at least three, if not five mornings a week. Previous teaching experience is required (voluntary or professional). It’s strongly recommended you take materials out with you.
Agricultural and Land planning. To assist the Chilubula committee to manage the surrounding land. To advise how they can plan ahead to make self-sufficiency a reality.

Placements are offered in September/October 2006 and May 2007 (Please specify the dates that suit you best)

If you would like more information on the above please email Hannah.Thomas-at-diageo.com or Chief.Kambuka-at-btinternet.com (replace "-at-" with "@").

To apply you need to write to Charlie and Jo Kambuka by May 1^st for a September/October 2006 placement and by December 31st for a May 2007 placement. On receipt of your application you may be asked to meet Charlie, Jo and one other member of the committee in April/September.

Main building almost complete - but much more still to do!

2006-01-13T17:52:00.000+02:00

Dear All,

I am writing this to say a huge thank you to everyone, who over this last term have helped me and Charlie turn what was a germ of an idea six months ago, into a reality.

Charlie and his niece have recently returned from the village with news that the main building is almost complete ; the roof has just been put on, and now the internal plastering can begin. The children will have a classroom to use in 2006, and a qualified Nursery teacher to teach them! The nursery school children are now also fed two meals a day using money that we have raised. That is amazing progress.

Officials from the Education and Social Welfare departments have both been to visit, and were very impressed by the whole project, and are looking forward to returning when it is fully operational. Charlie, understandably is very pleased and proud with what has been achieved in a short space of time.

The next phase of building will be the construction of three pit latrines and the kitchen. We need more money for this and we hope that in the new year you will continue to support our efforts. We now have our bank account open, and so anybody interested can arrange to make a monthly donation. This will really help us with the long term planning of the project.

So, thank you for - buying/selling raffle tickets, donating tombola prizes, raiding your cupboards for Christmas food, baking cakes, eating cakes, wearing badges, refereeing football, filling your Smarties tubes, wearing your red ribbons, encouraging students to wear red ribbons, telling people about the project and anything else I have forgotten !!! Your efforts really have made a difference to the lives of the children of Chilubula and their families.

Have a fantastic Christmas !!!!

Jo

Grass-roots fundraising makes huge difference in Chilubula, Zambia

2005-11-01T16:02:00.000+02:00

My name is Hannah, a friend of Charlie and Jo's, and I've just got back from 2 weeks of Zambian sunshine and Chilubula hospitality. Kaponda Farm (left), the site of the orphanage is on the outskirts of the village and provided a welcoming place for me to stay. Owned by Charlie's sister and brother in law Ullys and Leonard, the farm hosted a makeshift nursery and Sports Day for the time Charlie and I were there.

I taught 29 of the young (3-9yr old) orphans each morning and saw them blossom in just six days. We fed them breakfast and lunch and had great fun playing Musical Statues and singing "Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes!"

We also put on a Sports Day for all 60 of the orphans registered (aged from 3-16 yrs). We had most of the village turning up to join in the fun which ranged from "Bottle balancing" and "Who can spit the furthest" challenges (no, really!!) to the more sedate "Separating Peas from Beans" competition!

Throughout my stay the builders worked every day on the orphange and now have all the materials they need to get the building up to roof level.

I managed to take £700 in donations out with me. I have never seen money stretch so far nor have I seen it put to such good use:

£350 on building materials (mostly cement and timber)
£100 on feeding the orphans breakfast and lunch for two weeks
£100 on giving the orphans a Sports Day to remember!
£150 has been left for the orphans food to cover the next five weeks.

We've also already raised a further £400 which will go towards building the orphanage roof and with another £1000 the first phase of the project will be complete. So if you haven't yet pledged any cash then please do get in touch as every penny still counts. A huge thanks to everyone in the UK who donated, which included friends of mine and Gareth's, Battersea Ironsides RFC, and colleagues from Brands2Life and Diageo. Your generosity has made a huge difference to these beautiful children and will continue to do so over the coming years.

Finally, a special thank you to the Chilubula committee who welcomed me with open arms and Charlie's family who made my stay a truly memorable experience.

Traditional Leaders Get Tough HIV/Aids

2005-10-13T10:34:00.000+02:00

Saw an interesting article today on AllAfrica.com about how traditional leaders in central Zambia banned cultural practices they said were fuelling the spread of HIV/AIDS in their chiefdoms. Looks like a good bit of progress...

Classroom roof needed!

2005-10-10T19:40:00.000+02:00

You can see here why we need a children's centre. OK, it may be nice in England when you get to have "outdoor lessons" in the summer, but it's a different matter when you are on the plains of Africa! It is very very hot. The children here are some of those that will benefit directly when the centre is finished.

Distributing essential supplies

2005-10-10T19:35:00.000+02:00

In the last relief lorry we took over essential supplies for the vulnerable children. We gave each child a pack that consisted of: blanket; towel; bedsheet; clothing; soap; toothbrush and toothpaste. Here you can see some of the children getting these packs - they were delighted - some had never even tasted toothpaste!

Firing the bricks

2005-10-10T19:30:00.000+02:00

Jo has returned from the village and brought with her some fantastic photos of the project. Here is a picture of the villagers working together to make the bricks for the children's centre. They have dug the clay from the ground and then they built huge fires to harden them. So far they have made more than 60,000 bricks. Not that we are counting!

The bricks are ready...

2005-08-31T12:34:00.000+02:00

We have safely returned from the village to the Copperbelt, and so are now getting used to living with electricity and running water again! We had a fantastic time in the village with the local people. We have made some real progress with the project- all the bricks have been made and are being transported this week to the chosen site for the new school block.

It was great to see happy, smiling faces as we gave out towels, sheets, blankets, clothes, soaps to the children. It was something that we are sure you would have liked to share with us.

Zambian Copper resources wasted

2005-08-15T17:46:00.000+02:00

An interesting article from Kansipe Kabao of The Times of Zambia on Friday. Kansipe argues that it is amazing that Zambians are so poor when we are all blessed to be part of a country that has so much natural wealth. He goes on to look in particular at copper, a mineral found in abundance in Zambia. Copper is extremely valuable, not least because it is the mineral which carries electricity to all our homes. It is also used in most telecommunications networks. Most of the world’s Internet traffic is carried on copper cables. Copper has been mined in Zambia for over 2000 years, but as Kansipe points out, the country has very little to show for it. This has much to do with the fact that our country has not developed an infrastructure to develop the copper we mine into finished products – we simply export it raw. An article worth reading.

Progress at last

2005-08-15T10:31:00.000+02:00

After a couple of weeks in Zambia, we are finally making some progress! The truck containing all the stuff for the orphans has finally left Tanzania and is heading towards the Zambian border, so we have devised a plan to try and save some time and get us to the village sooner. We will be leaving the Copperbelt tonight on the first of the trucks which has now been taxed, registered and insured. We will travel North to Kasama and my wife, Jo, will be dropped off in the village to start work.

Myself and the driver will go from the village the following day and drive up to the Zambia/Tanzania border to clear the final truck with ZRA (Zambia Revenue Authority). We will then return to the farm with the truck full of goodies. That's our plan anyway. Probably there will be many changes, as is the nature of things here!!!

Welcome to Hope 4 Chilubula

2005-08-09T15:48:00.000+02:00

My name is Chief Charlie Kambuka. I am originally from the Zambian village of Chilubula, though since 1992 I have lived in Croydon, South London with my wife, Jo. My home country is a beautiful place of which I am very proud, but like most Africans we also have some very serious problems. One of the most pressing is the devastating effect that HIV and AIDS is having, particularly on our children.

The charity SOS Children estimates that in some African countries 40% of the working-age population has contracted HIV. However, this is never uniform across a population; 40% of a whole African country will mean there are areas where virtually everyone has contracted HIV-AIDS. Unfortunately, my country is one of the worst affected. In places, village after village have no young adults left.

According to the AIDS charity AVERT there are 630,000 children orphaned because of AIDS in Zambia. They comment that the traditional mechanism for the care of vulnerable children, the extended family, has started to break down under the twin pressures of poverty and disease. Child-headed households, once a rarity in Zambia, are now increasingly common. I have seen this problem for myself first-hand in my own village. Children, left without parents or other family to support them are left with very little opportunity to make something of their lives.

This is why I decided to try and make a difference to bring some hope to Chilubula. With the help of my friends in the UK, we have raised enough money to ship some essential supplies to the village and surrounding area, and to build a Children’s centre in Chilubula. This is no small undertaking, but we are confident that we will make this a success.

A secondary aim of the project is also to spread the word back in the UK about the situation in Zambia. I want people to realise that the faces of children they see on TV are the faces of real people. This is why I am also inviting some of my friends from the UK to come and help with the project. I want them to see for themselves that these kids are victims, but they are also much more than that – they are beautiful, loving, children who deserve a chance. Despite the hardships, there is an amazing sprit and dignity which will always be there.

Over the next few months I will keep a record of how things are going with the project and post pictures as we

As I am now based in Zambia to set up the project, other material will also be posted on this site by my friends and supporters of the project. We hope you enjoy reading about our progress.

Best wishes,

Chief Charlie Kambuka