Gina went to a nutrition education session with one of her counterparts (second from left) all the way in Choma, which is a 3-day journey from the village. She was happy to show off her certificate.
Peace Corps volunteers enjoyed a packed football game in Ndola where Zambia's Chipolopolo crushed Lesotho 4-0.
One of the trained drama groups shows a group of village spectators how to properly hang a mosquito net.
One of our villagers shows off his fish harvest.
Our Peace Corps neighbor Dan looks on with child spectators during the fish harvest.
They use a traditionally-made large woven basket as a net to capture all the fish that were leftover after most of the water was drained out of the pond.
Our neighbor Ryford and his wife Miriam show off their new baby Clifford.
Our chicken Kentucky shows off her new offspring as well.
The village kids help Gina on a water-fetching journey to a spring that is about a kilometer away. They insist on carrying it on their heads, although sometimes Gina won't fill the containers all the way full.
This is a pit latrine in process. To win full participation points in the dress contest (thanks Aunt Joan!), the villagers must make walls out of brick and put a thatch roof so it is sturdy during the rainy season. At least they have a cover on the hole and sweep ash into it for hygiene.
Dry season is the time to enjoy the delicacy of freshly-roasted bush rat. Scott at most of this one that our neighbors caught with traditional traps.
Scott and Ryford teach HIV education to the 7th and 8th graders at the nearby basic school.
Our tomato plants are doing well under a bed of mulch and compost. Unfortunately the fence in the back doesn't keep out the goats and sheep, so Scott and some villagers worked hard to put dried grass all around it using rope made of tree bark.
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