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Background: The territory of Northern Rhodesia was administered by the South Africa Company from 1891 until it was taken over by the UK in 1923. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. The name was changed to Zambia upon independence in 1964. In the 1980s and 1990s, declining copper prices and a prolonged drought hurt the economy. Elections in 1991 brought an end to one-party rule, but the subsequent vote in 1996 saw blatant harassment of opposition parties. The election in 2001 was marked by administrative problems with three parties filing a legal petition challenging the election of ruling party candidate Levy MWANAWASA. The new president launched a far-reaching anti-corruption campaign in 2002, which resulted in the prosecution of former President Frederick CHILUBA and many of his supporters in late 2003. Opposition parties currently hold a majority of seats in the National Assembly.

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By PathfindingPete
May 18th 2008

At last!

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Mwenya
He looks just like Kafula!

Not too terribly much to update about today. Yesterday we just picked up some things for the trainings starting Monday, although trying to find paper on which to print certificates turned out to be an adventure in itself. None of the stores that we might have suspected had it did, but luckily a random guy sitting in a copy shop knew where to find it-- a place in city market, an overcrowded, chaotic market area, at one of the hundreds of stalls in there. So, although we needed to get a taxi all the way across the city and back, we [View Full Entry]

By PathfindingPete
May 16th 2008

A successful week

Africa » Zambia » Lusaka

Yesterday went a little long, but was a successful day nonetheless. It got started with a phone call telling us that Daisy, Kafula's wife, was at UTH in labor. We resolved to go by before the day was over. We spent the morning at Bwafwano, taking care of some of the initial preparations for the RUTF trainings that will run from Monday to Wednesday. In other words, we bought a ton of food, checked lists, found out what necessary supplies we'd need, etc. Not a huge amount to say about that, just getting stuff done. Next on the agenda was to [View Full Entry]

By Viajerong Pinoy
May 15th 2008

BUNGY JUMPS, VIC FALLS AND HIPPOS

Africa » Zambia » Lusaka

SOUTH LUANGA NATIONAL PARK
HIPPOS

Took a ferry to cross into Zambia, if i am not mistaken we are crossing the Zambezi. 2 other trucks are there to cross as well including the GAP Adventures truck. it was a short crossing maybe 15 minutes. We ended up paying 135 US for visas(Americans), Brits paid 140US while the Aussies paid half that! Drove around 80 kms before we got to Livingstone another cold ride we stayed at the Grotto Camp site, very nice with an enticing pool. Lots of overland truck parked but empty. That evening we got shown the activities we can do here in the [View Full Entry]

By PathfindingPete
May 14th 2008

Rough day

Africa » Zambia » Lusaka

It was a tough day at the clinic today. Wednesday is the usual day for the malnutrition clinic at Bwafwano (which has miraculously continued to have some attendance in spite of not having food), so the MCH clinic had a decent turnout-- about 17 kids came in to be seen, several of which will be started on the feeding program once we get everyone trained next week. There was a big interruption toward the end of clinic, when Mr. Chello came looking for Rebecca and me. A child that was seen by him yesterday for diarrhea and dehydration was brought back [View Full Entry]

By PathfindingPete
May 12th 2008

Success!

Africa » Zambia » Lusaka

The goods
These are the 10 boxes of RUTF that we acquired. Yay!

At last! Today we went to the district health ministry, where we had been rebuffed on Friday when seeking a meeting with the person who approves new requests for RUTF. We had been scheduled for a 12:30 meeting today, but when we got there, to nobody's surprise, the person in charge was "too busy", would be so all week, and couldn't meet. At all. The entire week. Becca and I were not deterred. Through some minor amounts of skullduggery, we managed to convince the people that they needed to pay attention to us, and let Bwafwano have the RUTF IMMEDIATELY. Not [View Full Entry]

By PathfindingPete
May 11th 2008

Posting my first mass e-mail

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Admit ward at UTH
The ward at UTH for admitted pediatric patients

I made a mass e-mailing to as many addresses as I could find, and I'll re-post it here for anyone who wasn't on the list (I promise it wasn't an intentional oversight!): Hi everyone, I put a bunch of people on this e-mail list, even though for the most part I didn't bother to ask who wanted to get these long mass e-mails. So if you're not interested in getting them, just let me know. Anyway, I touched down in Lusaka early Thursday morning, after two consecutive nights of flying (and, consequently, not sleeping). Becca was kind enough to be waiting [View Full Entry]

By PathfindingPete
May 11th 2008

Followup

Africa » Zambia » Lusaka

This morning we went to UTH to visit the little girl (her name is Anna, by the way) we sent there on my first day at Bwafwano. She has gained a little weight, and thankfully she is taking fluids and formula by mouth and hasn't suffered any obvious complications from her malnourishment. I think this case is a perfect example of why it would be great to get the malnutrition program running at Bwafwano, because we probably could have managed this girl sooner as an outpatient. There really was no need for her to get this sick, or to require a [View Full Entry]

By PathfindingPete
May 10th 2008

Placeholder!

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Just an initial entry to get this blog started. I'll probably get it rolling tomorrow if I have access. I figure this will be much easier than mass-emailing all the time. [View Full Entry]

By Kerry100
April 20th 2008

Finally here

Africa » Zambia » Lusaka

Chachacha Hostel
Me under a mosquito net

So we finally arrived in Lusaka after delayed flights and me almost being detained by security at Glasgow airport (managed to have a pair of scissors in my hand luggage). We passed through absurdly laid back security in Lusaka airport (people actually running towards planes to meet family members) into beautiful sunshine with a gospel choir singing. All very stereotypical but nice nonetheless. Yesterday passed in a haze of tiredness - we looked round some shops after checking into our hostel. Our room comprises a corrugated iron roof and what appears to be walls made of some form of stra [View Full Entry]

By Ross da Boss
April 20th 2008

Well....WE MADE IT!

Africa » Zambia » Lusaka

Kerry - At Glasgow airport just prior to departure
Ladies and gentlemen, please have your boarding cards ready...

It is so surreal sitting here in an internet cafe in Lusaka, Zambia, editing my first proper blog entry of the trip! We have been planning and speaking about this for what seems the longest time and it's just CRAZY now to be actually here. So, where to begin?! Well, the flights were great fun... for me that is! Not only was Kerry setting off security alarms for body checks, she was (unwittingly, so she says) carrying a pair of nail scissors in her hand luggage which caused a fracas with one of the security guys at Glasgow International Airport cos [View Full Entry]

Sleeping under the all essential mosquito net

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