Zambia- Day 5!

These past two days have been packed and I have got to meet most of the Lusaka Rotary club and spent some time dipping my toes into the projects that I will be involved in. 

Yesterday , I met the headteacher of Libala High School, which I offered some autographed books to for the ne library they are opening, and unfortunately, the tutor I was looking for was away at a funeral. Therefore, we made our way to the Radisson to have the weekly Rotary meeting where I was warmly greeted and made acquiantance with many impressive Zambians.

Afterwards, we went to a large advertising and printing company, Magic, where I might be working for a part of the time that I will be here. Afterwards, I came home to chill with my adoptive Zambian family and then, in the evening, I went to a traditional Zambian bbq where I was again made to feel like one of the family. If there is something that Zambians are, that is welcoming pros.

Today, was another story, I started my day at Libala High School, where I assisted and helped in a physics lesson about lenses and showed everyone how their theory is applied in practice with Mrs Patricia at an 8th grade class. Next on, I had a whole tour of the school, which hosts oveer 3000 students from 12--13 to 18. We then went to teach a grade 12 chemistry lesson and I had a little competition for them to convince me to take them as a class on a trip that we are planning to organise to a factory. I was very impressed and offered one of the girls a book that I got signed for me at the OxLit Fest, the 2014 Man Booker Prize winner, The Luminaries.

Following that, I attended the Interact meeting, the first one after they changed executives and loved how excited and bright these kids are. I will hopefully see them more and have a workshop with them next week on project management skills and help them fundraise.

After that, the son of the family I am staying with, Sid, took me for lunch and to see a bit more of Lusaka, after which I came back and here I am, tending to my admin duties, as well as helping him a bit with some coding, guess I am a bit of a Stemette after all!!



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