January 22
We're finally in
Mongu, safe and sound. Some of the team is staying with Rich and
Laurie, while the rest of us are at a facility called Kids Alive. The
Kids Alive guest house that we are staying at is quite nice, compared
to the little shacks made of mud or plastic bags that we saw on the
way here. The people are very friendly here. As we went by in the
car, people looked at us and waved; and of course, we waved back.
Lusaka is a fairly modern city in some areas. We saw two malls in
Lusaka, and the one we went to pick up some groceries for lunch had a
Subway restaurant, and a south-African version of KFC, called The
Hungry Lion. Other parts of Lusaka are quite poor and dirty. We
didn't stop here, but the roads were bad, full of pot holes. People
were just sort of hanging around.
The road from
Lusaka to Mongu is over 600 km. When we drove through Kafue game
reserve, we saw a variety of animals. There were a whole lot of
Antelope-type animals, monkeys, hippos, a bunch of different kinds of
birds and baboons. We even saw a zebra and two lions! There were
check-points along the road we just stopped at, and Rich or Laurie
were asked a few questions about our destination, and wanted to see
their driver's licence.
January 23
Today we worked.
The building site is only a few kilometres away. We started building
a wall that eventually will go around the property to make sure the
people are safe. I got to try putting mortar on the wall, which, by
the end of the day, I was quite good at. The wall was around 30ft
long and 5ft tall by the end of the day. There are some students
working with us. They are very friendly and polite. There was also a
thatched hut in the middle of the property, which belongs to the
groundskeeper. Eventually they will move the hut to the corner of the
property, but for now, it's in the middle of nowhere. Most of us are
a little sunburned. I guess we didn't apply it enough.
January 24
Today we will go
back to work while Helen, Julie, Reislyn and Elora stay home and cook
(and play).
Time for
breakfast!
Kayla
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