My Life...in Zambia: New School

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Kimberly Burns/PCV
Peace Corps
P.O. Box 630569
Choma, Zambia
Africa

If you do write to me, please write "Air Mail" and "Par Avion" on letters. Also, supposedly if you write "religious materials" on packages, and write that the contents are personal items, or religious materials, etc they won't go through the items as much as non "religious" items. So, write things like "Jesus is Love" or some religious scriptures (from your heart of course, cuz you know I don't like playing with God!!!!) It will probably take around 2-4 weeks for a letter to arrive and even longer for a package. It is recommended that you send padded envelopes in lieu of boxes.

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Zambia

Population
9,770,199

Capital
Lusaka

Ethnic groups
African 98.7%, European 1.1%, other 0.2%

Languages
English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages.

Literacy(Age 15 and over)Total population: 78.2%
Male: 85.6% Female: 71.3% (1995 est.)

History
Northern Rhodesia was administered by South Africa Company from 1891 until takeover by the UK in 1923. Name was changed to Zambia upon independence in 1964.

Government
Republic

Industries: Copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer

Saturday, June 14, 2008

New School

The community school that it is in my village wants me to help them get money to finish a new school. I am in the process of trying to find NGO's and thinking of IGA's that will assist them with the plans. The word around town is that cement is so expensive because the World Cup will be in South Africa in 2010 and this has driven the price sky high. So...wish me luck as I try to find local funding.

Also, I am extremely shocked at how abstract the program is. I mean...we can do or not do whatever we want. It's all very strange. I'm still trying to find my place here.

Kim