Zambia
Zambia A Trip to Zambia with Tearfund by Anne E Thompson Diary of Trip Saturday 6th October: Landed in Lusaka. Flight here very long. Lots of people on flight with personal hygiene problem. Met Chris, who was going to drive us. He worked for a charity that Tearfund was linked to. He was small, black and laughed a lot. He seemed to find us very amusing. Dumped stuff in hotel, then went to a parade of shops. Everyone very black. Felt very white. We were stared at, which felt uncomfortable. Bought some beautiful African print material for very little money. My first impression of Lusaka was that it was like one huge motorway service station. It had the same transient feel to it, as if no one actually lived there or cared about it. We visited a local church. One of Tearfund’s aims is to work through local churches. Many people in developing countries live miles away from any health care or support network, but there are small churches everywhere. If Tearfund can mobili...