The goal is to work with the community to build a school. In Zambia the government is not able to provide enough schools for the Zambian children. So there are many communities and NGO's that work together to build. World Vision has an office in Kalomo and they have built some classroom buildings at Namwianga and in the surrounding communities.
We are currently building at Siabalumbi, a village about fifteen kilometres away, and at Katungu which is about thirty kilometres away. We are building teacher housing at these communities as well, since that is a requirement before the government will provide us qualified and salaried teachers. Richard was out at Katungu this morning assisting to haul river sand for the second classroom block that we are building.
Zambia is a struggling country, but we do see slight improvements over the past few years. HIV, malaria and lack of infrastructure (due to corruption and debt to other countries) has slowed progress.
Zambians are grateful for assistance provided, but we always
struggle with situations of how to screen—how to provide help without creating dependence or being tricked. We rely heavily on our Zambian friends and on our growing experience. We are learning day by day to effectively use the resources that are coming from our Canada. Thanks to many Canadians, many Zambians are saved from hunger and are able to go to school. 
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