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We all arrived at Nyoka Guest House in Kalabo and got settled in. The three boys shared a chalet, Mualuka ( our interpreter), Frederick (Our driver who is now our manager in Mongu at The Silozi Seed Bank & Trees for Elephants) and Dominic (Njmaba, Kufuku and Mutiowa’s father

Originally Posted on November 10, 2012 Updated and reposted March 2022 We finally made it to the pontoon crossing and I had two curious fellows present themselves to me who were trying to better their English. We managed to communicate very well considering. Every time I said some thi

As you know from our last Blog, we sent 135,439 non GMO fruit and vegetable seeds to Zambia on Dec. 6, 2021. Therefore they will not reap the harvest from these seeds for about 3-4 months. This brings us to over 6,263,049 seeds sent since October 2013 when we received our charitable s

Zambia Africa 2012′Originally Posted on September 10, 2012 Reposted July 2021 June 28/12 It is almost 2 months until I travel to Africa again but I woke up at 5:30 am this morning feeling as excited as if I was leaving tomorrow. I am going back to Zambia to see Njamba and his family f

Originally Posted on September 20, 2011 Reposted in May 2021 After meeting in their village, Mamma, Njamba, Ngebe, Jami, David , Max & I climbed back into the vehicle with the rice, bananas on the floor and the suitcases on top. The live chicken’s legs were tied and it was placed

Gum Balls Originally posted September 19, 2011 Revised and re Posted May 2021 From what I remember, Njamba left to put the mattress in their hut and then I remembered the gum balls I had carried all those miles from Toronto Canada to Kalabo, Zambia, Africa. Luckily I wore my layered d

Their little facesOriginally Posted on September 16, 2011 Reposted April 2021 I was finally here, meeting the child I had sponsored for six years from the age of 10 and he was now 16 years old. After meeting Njamba and his family at their village, I had a moment, took a deep breath an

  When traveling to a new country, even if their official language is your own mother tongue, it is still a blessing to have an interpreter in a country where there are 10 indigenous languages (or language groups) spoken as a mother tongue by more than 1% of the population, four