Today we had our first day in Lusaka. Since it is Sunday we started a little late with breakfast at 9 and then an informative orientation from Paul, our HFH coordinator. There are about 14 million people in Zambia with about 80% living below the poverty line. There are 71 dialects however English is the official language, which is very helpful. We also learned about the three families we are going to be building with, 2 sets of grandparents raising children and grandchildren and 1 widow with 6 children and 1 grand child. We will be writing and posting more about them as the week progresses.
Later today we went to a craft market and then spent about 2 hours outside our lodge playing with the local kids. It started small and then as we brought out the bubbles, bracelets, soccer balls and skipping ropes the word got out and all the neighbourhood came to check us out.
Our new team is really fun, energetic and keen and we are anticipating another great build experience. Tomorrow is the first work day, which will be starting at 8:00 am. We are all excited to
get building.
Hopefully we will get pictures posted here soon - already a few popping up on facebook.
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