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Travel Blogs from Kabwe
The Bigger Picture
... us. In fact, only one of PC's 3 goals is about "development", while the other two are about our cultural exchange aka 2/3 of our job is cultural exchange. In a place like Zambia, culture exchange happens just by being here, by wearing the clothes we wear, by being altruistic, by saying what we say.
In daily life in the village, we often forget that there are 300 of us in country, and this country has been with Peace Corps for nearly ...
The last days in Zambia
... as well. At casualty we met Eva, as a patient, and Annet. They were here for Eva’s eyes and after just ten seconds in the room, she was sent to the eye clinic. Lucas, Leo and myself decided to come with her. We had to wait a while (even though she could get in front everywhere) before she could get tested: she had to first read the line with her right eye and after that the same (!) line with her left eye. Ridiculous, but she could go on to the 'doctor’. ...
Zambia where Zebra Roam
... with a large and prosperous middle class. We didn't see enough of Zambia to counter this impression.
One thing that I need to explain is truck life it's a life of it's own. There are the moments of excitement that pull us all out of our daily routine as Overlanders, that remind us why we came to Africa in the first place, but then there are the moments that are typical as going to work.
Our daily routine on the Big Yellow Truck is ...
Lusaka
... as we eventually found out) and of course there was some more waiting. The dean’s assistant wasn’t that helpful as well. At about three o’clock we had finally delivered all letters (quite official) to the heads of all departments. All in all we waited some five hours for something we could have done in about 30 minutes.
After the hospital we went to the supermarket to buy a lot of water and bread as the water here in Lusaka isn’t potable like ...
Home-based care Heroes caring for Children at Risk
... t pretend to have all of the answers, but I am learning. Some of my experiences with children this year will stay with me forever… and I hope I can never again take for granted all that I had when I was a child growing up in Oz.
One of the largest outreach programs of a Catholic parish in Zambia is a program called ‘Home-Based-Care’ and it is almost wholly run by volunteers – people from the local villages and ...