Mwiniluga Trip

Pictures of trip to Mwiniluga, Zambia.

Back at Sakeji

We are back at Sakeji  Mission School near Kalene Hill in northwest tip of Zambia (Angola to the west and Congo to the east and north). I have posted a couple of pictures.  We are two weeks into second term and things are going well.  I am teaching Maths, Science and Art to grade 7&8 and P.E. for the school.  Mary is teaching some science and health classes.  One of our major responsibilities is dorm parents to the boys.  It means long days  up at 5:30 and tucking them in at 7 pm for the small boys and 8:30pm for the older ones.  We also get the younger ones up at about 9:30pm to go pee or we have flooded beds in the morning.  Besides the regular teaching we also have swimming lessons, river supervision, crafts, games and Sunday School.  It is quite busy.

Last Wednesday I went south to the Boma (political capital of the area)  Mwiniluga.  The trip is 70 km but took 3 hrs by landcruiser because the road is so bad.  I have posted some pictures of the road and people/villages along the way.  We went down to pick up 800kg of flour for the school kitchen and to pick up a teacher coming on the bus from Kitwe.  The trip was successful and we arrived home at Sakeji about 11:30pm. 

I have no really good snake stories but we did have a village boy bitten by a night adder this morning. Last week we killed a snake in my classroom but it was small.  We hope the snake situation will be uneventful this term.  We will be here til mid June then we head home to Canada.

Miriam

Here is Miriam doing her Sister Mary imitation.

Boston heads to school.

Boston is heading to Kitwe for school and examinations.  We said goodbye as we will be off to Sakeji when he returns.

Views of the Zambezi

Dugouts ready for a river crossing.

Lucy

I would like to introduce you to Lucy.  She has been hired to continue the feeding program here at Chitokoloki.  Mary is in the process of training her and she is doing very well. She seems to catch on quick and show good initiative and love for the kids.  As a result of some generous help from folks in Canada Lucy will be paid to continue saving the lives of these many malnourished patients.  We will be leaving Chit by the first of May and by that time Lucy will be settled in.  We wish her all the best.

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Tim McDougall
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Latest Croc Attack

Just yesterday this teenage girl was brought to the hospital attacked by a small crocodile.  She had been to the river to wash casava root and was attacked by a 4 foot crocodile. The doctor was away, but the Canadian nurse here did an excellent job of stitching her up.  She is expected to recover fully.  As it was she was very fortunate to get away.