Going bananas
Disabled students at Nanga Special school, Zambia are learning how to grow and care for banana plants as part of their Active Daily Learning course. The irrigation and banana plants were funded by HHI.
A new life
Matelo (also known as Richard), who is a 37-year-old Zambian suffering with cerebral palsy is no longer lying on the floor in the dust under a tree. He is now able to recline on his new bed and mattress with…
Cobbling together a living
Physically disabled Augustine Samutamu no longer needs to rely on HHI monthly food support. During the Covid pandemic, Augustine was one of 100 disabled people who were identified in the Monze area as being in desperate need of help to…
Hope for Chabilo
We saw Chabilo Ngoma for the first time during our September visit to Zambia. At fourteen years old his quality of life is very poor. Chabilio was born with cerebral palsy. His parents do care for him as best as…
Fond farewells
On our last morning with the HHZ staff we had a fun time at our morning worship gathering. We started with a traditional Zambian song https://youtu.be/1ePGUCAnhKc Then we laughed a lot as we tried to sing Bind us together not realising…
Amazing Grace
Today, our last full day in Monze, we returned to see Grace and collect the shirt and skirt she had made for us. Last Thursday she kindly took our measurements, and today we were very excited to collect our new…
Making a difference – Penultimate day – Part One
Menstrual Hygiene Education making a difference. Today we spent the morning with the HHZ staff. We especially spent time with the seamstresses Primeldah and Alistair. We spoke about the menstrual hygiene programme, and they explained that they are required to…
Making a difference – penultimate day – Part Two
Robbie making a difference. Having seen the need for the disabled students at Choongo school to be seated while having their mid-day meal and not be expected to stand, we suggested that Robbie could use his skills to fix wooden…
Newsworthy Nanga
It is a long drive to Nanga from Monze through the Mazabuka sugar plantations but when we finally reached Nanga it was truly worth it. The school environment looked very well maintained. Mr Bweupe, the head teacher, met us with…
Matelo’s miserable existence
After the uplifting visit to Lynn and her family we visited Matelo who is cared for by his aging father. The father must be over 70 and it was estimated that his son, seen here lying on the floor, must…