My community entry period of 3 months is finally over, so now I can leave my village without permission from the APCD. I am heading to help host a site visit with a fellow PC for the newest batch of PC volunteers. This should be very interesting.
I am finally getting comfortable enough with Chi Tonga to attempt speaking it in public. Previously I would be asked a question in Tonga and then I would answer in English. That was not a successful strategy. I just had to risk sounding silly and try and it worked. Nothing beats failure but a try. Well, I will update you all in a few days on how the hosting of site visit went.
Kim
p.s. Oh yeah....I finally got my package today. I'm in heaven!!!!!!!
This blog is to document my journey as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Zambia for my family and friends. Enjoy!!!
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The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government, the Zambian government, or the Peace Corps.
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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
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
Books Read So Far (while in country)
- Persuasion
- High Fidelity
- About a Boy
- Atlas Shrugged
- The Fountainhead
- Northanger Abbey
- Jazz
- Persuasion
- Emma
- Timequake
- The Sun Also Rises
- Pride and Prejudice
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- Shame On It All
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Brothers and Sisters
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1 comment:
So jealous, but glad to have found your blog. Amubeleka kabotu mu kalomo!
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