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Traffic Violations and Chickens
Last Friday I was on cloud nine. I had just gone to the bank and withdrew thirty million kwacha ($6,000) to pay for the chickens we were stocking our new poultry house with. It is Read more…
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A Wild Weekend in Lusaka!
It was a wild weekend. On Saturday morning, a taxi arrived with three boys. They were filthy dirty, stinkin’ drunk and not one of them could have been more than ten years old. One had Read more…
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Home in Zambia
It has been an exhausting journey but I am finally back at Salvation Home…my home. I traveled with 11 bags of 50 pounds each and seemed to find my guardian angel at every stop. At Read more…
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Welcome to the brand new AFCZ Director’s Blog!
Hi, Welcome to my very first blog! I have never done such a thing, but so many of you asked for it, that I have decided to learn how to write a blog. I beg Read more…
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Stories from our “New Boys”
Today was one of those days when you wonder how humanity can be so cruel to its children. I had to interview all the new children that came to Salvation Home after the others moved Read more…
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Honoring the Students
Becoming the Head Boy (or Head Girl) of your school is the highest honor that is bestowed upon any student here in Zambia. Head boys are selected by the administration and teachers of the school Read more…
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Meet Naomi
Naomi was six years old when she first came to Action for Children~Zambia. Her prior life had been horrific; she did not know how to bathe or use a toilet, or even how to dress. Read more…
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Meet Chungu
Chungu started coming to us before there was even an official house for kids as part of AFCZ. He was among the first children who came, sick, to Carol’s apartment in the year 2004. Carol Read more…
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Meet Isaac
Isaac came to us when he was just a small boy, in 2005. He had been in the streets for two years already and was looking for a hot meal and a place to sleep. Read more…
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Meet Joe
Joe was a young boy that has been roaming the streets of Lusaka for years. Almost ten years ago, before I founded Salvation Home, Joe came up to meon the streets and said, “I am Read more…