(This is Rich)Saturday, June 26 was the dedication of the Shelby Goldstein Schoolhouse in Twapia--a village outside of Ndola, Zambia. Last year Spark Ventures raised the money to fund the construction of this new 7 classroom building serving now more than 350 orphans...
Read MoreJoann here again! This post is also coming a tiny bit late. It was written yesterday on our way to Lusaka. Hope you enjoy it!Over the last three days we have accomplished and seen a great deal, and we have had a great time throughout!...
Read MoreThis post was written on June 24, but we've haven't had the chance to post it. I hope you enjoy it! (This is Joann again!)Our day yesterday was a true eye-opener. We started by visiting a government school and a private school in Ndola,...
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This is Rich. I landed in Zambia’s capital city of Lusaka on Friday night after a delay in Washington DC. After a quick night of sleep, I spent all of Saturday with Charles Mumba and Sandie Kandolo (Executive Director and Chair of the...
Read MoreOur long-awaited June 2010 Transformation Trip has officially begun! We had a soft opening on Friday when Brady and Liz, a first-time Transformation Trip participant, arrived in Zambia, but we are now fully in the midst of our trip with today's arrival of Nancy and...
Read MoreThere has been lots of great progress and excitement the last couple days! We have completed all the sponsorship updates and letters except for those children who have been absent this week, and the translators, the Mulando family and I had a celebratory dinner at...
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We've had another productive, though very windy, day at the school today! We've completed all of the updates and letters for the students who have been in attendance the last few days, and I even re-took the photos for all of Grades 5, 6 and...
Read MoreI don't have much time to post today because Ba Rodgers (one of the Hope drivers), Ba Margaret (Hope co-director) and Ba Lillian (Hope board member) are waiting for me downstairs in the office parking lot!I'll just say that it's been another super productive day,...
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It has been another long and productive day here in Zambia. After getting through all of the Grade 3 and 4 student sponsorship updates and half of the Grade 2 student sponsorship updates, the staff and I took a brief break before jumping right into...
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