Hello from warm and sunny Zambia. We have arrived safely with all suitcases and IT items for Nanga Special School intact. A very smooth, but long journey via Kigali Rwanda. Thankfully no issues with check-in, visas, covid vaccination evidence or…
NEW EMAIL We now have a new email address office@hhi.org.uk Please use this in future. And if you have tried to send us an email this week, please could you re-send it to this address. Many thanks VIRUS WARNING We…
Adam drove Jute and trustee Mr Mungalia to the small community of Hachanga. Of the 37 people who live there, 7 are disabled. There they met Alfred Moonga the local chairperson and his wife both of whom are disabled. They…
This picture speaks for itself. When a disabled person is faced with a problem that doesn’t seem to have an answer, it is amazing what solutions can actually be found. This ingenious handwashing gadget is a fine example of a…
Mary Chikambo is 57 years old and has recently had her leg amputated. She lives alone and has no family. Mary turned up at HHZ seeking repairs for her truck which our resident Mr Fixit, Robbie, managed with ease. In…
Another visit to Ntambo- Today new crutches were given to Priscilla and also soap for use with the ‘ingenious handwashing gadget’ (see the article of the same name). The two pairs of shoes which were given to Priscilla fitted well;…
Today trustee Mr Gondwe drove trustee Mr Mugalia, HHZ administrator Carole Nzila and Jute as well as 6 wipe down mattresses and disposable mattress covers for approximately 2 hours to Naanga School. There they met the very gracious, quietly spoken,…
After hearing that the container had arrived, Bertha travelled to the HHZ compound from far away. She wanted a new machine saying that her old one was not working. It was checked and pronounced fit and well so Bertha did…
If you have read the article, ‘There’s always a solution’, then you will be aware of the plight of Priscilla Hatwambo we wrote about when we visited in Ntambo. One thing Priscilla didn’t ask us for, and something we felt…
The first wheelchair from 2017 container has been given to Prisca Muchangwe (see below). She is 12 years old has been disabled since birth. She arrived at the HHZ compound with her mother, having travelled all the way from Njola…