When Hope Means a Radio School
When you peer into a Grade 2 classroom, you expect to see little children sitting on tiny chairs at desks built for them. So it was slightly incongruous watching a six-foot 17-year old young man...
The Joy of Watching Radio Learners – For the First Time
Eighty-four Grade 1 students in blue and white uniforms, sat scrunched close together on hard wooden bench-desks at New Mandevu school in Lusaka. Given the large number of children attending the...
The Difference a Little Bit of Energy Makes
For those without electricity, buying candles is a daily challenge. The typical family burns through two candles a day, with each candle lasting only two hours and lighting less than half of a small room.
The Hidden Cost of Cell Phones
The World Bank estimates that there are 62 cell phones for every 100 people in Zambia. This week as I interviewed students, their families and the community school teachers of Luba Community School for my research project.
Great Expectations for Zambian Internship
Great Expectations | By Kathleen Buchholz, in Nairobi. I arrived in Nairobi late Sunday night during the horrific terrorist attacks at the Westgate Shopping Centre. This wasn’t how I expected my arrival in Nairobi to be.