Today after breakfast we went by bus to the Kawambwa Tea Plantation with Lewis our driver and Sr Agnes. It was about 39 km away. We saw the tea plantation and had a tour of the production line. Very interesting, and a clean and organized place. Most of us bought tea in their store.
Our way to the plantation was through country side with an abundance of huge termite mounds. We are sure they must be higher than 20 feet. The plantation employs over 700 people and they have housing on site and a school for the children. The tea is picked by hand with only the very young leaves being picked. Our guides were very interesting and answered the many questions asked.
We arrived back at the convent by lunch time in time to watch the well digger flush out the new 100-meter borehole funded by Inverness County Cares (ICC) donors. This will go on 6 hours a day for 6 days. A submersible pump will be installed and two water tanks will be erected on a stand and increase pressure and make sure there is sufficient water.
After lunch Colleen conducted a basic active learning seminar featuring games for the teachers and student mentors. Charlotte and Winnie provided well appreciated assistance. We were happy to have Sr Agnes and Dr Lazarours Mwape, special education supervisor attend. The participants, both blind and visually impaired, played dominos, card games and dice games. From the chatter and laughter, it was clear they having fun, learning basic math operations and critical thinking. Colleen’s student mentors were excellent and taught their teachers the games they had mastered during the past week.
John and John checked out the trades-workers, spoke with Banuwell the well driller and John made a trip to the brothers’ carpentry shop.
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| Going to cut grass with slashers |
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| Lots of laundry |
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He is not weeding the cabbage patch, he is picking
amaranth seedlings for greens at lunch. |
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| Typical Zambian 'lawn' with a tall termite mound to the left. |
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| Termite hill |
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| Tea plantation |
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Tossing the bags of tea leaves off the truck
and on to the conveyor belt. |
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| Inside the processing plant. |
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| Teachers and student mentors working together. |
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| Gift, Charlotte, Doris and Dr Lazarous playing a dice game. |
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| Sr Agnes playing cards with Goodson and his teachers. |
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| Teachers and and student playing dominoes and cards. |
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| A game of dominoes while Prosper researches a new game. |
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| Winnie and Mr Vincent with braille cards. |
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| Paul and Irene playing cards |
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| Sorting the sunscreen provided by ICC donors. |
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