Monday, June 28th

Where to begin? The morning started off by us all departing for our respective schools-Ng'ombe, Chawama and Garden. We were all greeted with happy faces and an eagerness for what was being taught. Some of us went to meet with the PeaceCorp in the afternoon about what services they are working on in Zambia. Those who went last year on the trip, recognized one of the ladies who spoke-her name was Mary Lou Switzer. She met with us last year at the US Embassy, It was a very helpful meeting as we were all allowed to ask different questions, and they were happy to learn about the work we were doing in the community schools. Interesting facts we learned: for every post or job that PeaceCorp has, they set it up into three stages. Each volunteer spends two years at their post, and then two other volunteers will consecutively follow, so that each job will have help for six years. There are many different programs that they offer including fishery, health, education, agriculture, and many others. There are 150 PeaceCorps volunteers in Zambia and the administration of PeaceCorps anticipates that they will reach 250 volunteers in the next two years.