Rotary Visits Zambia

Today started out as a quiet day. We had nothing scheduled until 12:30 a visit to the home of a local Rotarian. To make the most of our free morning some of us decided to walk 1/2 mile to the National Museum Of Zambia. The walk there was an experience. I believe you could buy anything I mean anything from one of the thousands of venders. Need cloths, wigs, mannequin, plethora of vegetables or perhaps a coconut. The photos below will give you a glimpse of what we experienced. Upon arrival at the Museum we encountered a ceremony marking some sort of agreement between Angola and Zambia. There were many dignitaries in suits giving speeches. For entertainment there were native African Dancers. The Museum itself depicted the history of man(also women) from the earliest fossil evidence from the continent including Zambia. The timeline continues from there to present day. At noon Godfrey a Rotarian who we met last night had invited all of us to his home at noon time. We didn’t quite know...

What a busy day! It was also a most interesting day. We were treated to a full day of seeing how the Healthy Learners Program works. We visited two schools in Lusaka and were shown how the program was implemented in their schools, a Ministry Of Health facility, had lunch in a local restaurant and saw a program at the office of the Healthy Learners. There are many insightful concepts built into the program. The day was capped off by attending a Local Rotary Club’s weekly meeting. At our 1st school we were greeted by a group of girls singing a welcome song. We meet with the head teacher( principal), Learners(students), school health workers( teachers with special training). We were shown the Health Room that might be comparable to the Nurses Office. The program is structured to leverage existing infrastructure and personnel. This has gone a long way increasing local buy in. In short the health workers work to fast track care for the Learners. They also are a conduit to preventive car...

We are finally on the road to Zambia. Our group from district 7780 consists of 7 people lead by Richard Donhauser. The other members are Kathy Flygare, Claudia Frost,Helen Goranson, Carolyn Johnson, Marilyn Kellogg and David Spahn. Our team was put together by Emma Bodwell. We have met a number of times over the last several months via Zoom. We all converged on Logan Airport in Boston Friday February 24 for the start of our long journey. Our flight brought us to Doha Qatar and the on to Lusaka the capital of Zambia. It was a long exhausting trip but we are here now. Tomorrow morning we have a day planned visiting several local schools involved with the Healthy Learners Program. This afternoon we met with a number of Rotary Club Presidents from the Lusaka area and the have lined up visits to their club where we can see the projects that they are involved in. The Team Comes Together At Logan The bright Lights O Airport In Doha ...