Diz by the container in the photo, received wonderful gifts of clothes and much more from people in the UK and Australia. The container is slowly emptying. People come to buy the clothes and then have a little business selling them on - a much needed means of earning some cash in a country where unemployment is over 8O% in areas.
Diz and Andrew having a chat
Ben Doree Farm belongs to Diz Bostock. She really felt led to buy it and has been helping children who are HIV or have lost their parents to the disease and many others arrive for help - ususally in desparate straights. She met up with John and Becky who were working with Wukwashi wa Nzambi and Joyce and Henry went to live in a small house on the farm. Now the link with disabled children and families is growing. The workshop is built and Diz has been helping all of us allowing us to sleep in her house finding things for us and letting us use one of hte sewing machines she was given.
The first week in BenDoree consisted of tidying and making workstations - mainly Andrew with Jean painting and Peter was busy with the 'Go for' trips to town, the clinic (Joyce and Henry's baby Nancy had an ear infection but she is fine now). 
The matresses for the Volunteers
Meet Emmanuel, Ellison, Jean, Patrick and Henry (Wukwashi wa Nzambi leader with Joyce)
We are pasting boards using the cardboard that we had opened up and organised into layers.
The matresses for the VolunteersWe were joined on Thursday by a number of the Wukwashi volunteers and started to make boards
Meet Emmanuel, Ellison, Jean, Patrick and Henry (Wukwashi wa Nzambi leader with Joyce) We are pasting boards using the cardboard that we had opened up and organised into layers.
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The reality of life for many people - no running water.
We went home with Marina and saw where she lives.
Despite living with lots of difficulties (no electricity, tiny house with no security of tenure, caring for her sister's daughter and her daughter as well as a nephew), Marina works in a school (an hour's walk away) and still manages to help with the weekly sessions for the children with disabilities and their families. God bless Marina.
Another UK Volunteer comes to help!
Joy arrived last Sunday complete with box that customs had opened - then decided that they liked her bird chair!
Esther, Kondwani's Mum is one of the active Wukwashi Volunteers. She is a primary school teacher and has been helping run sessions with the children with disabilities
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Over the weekend we went to visit two of the Wukwashi Volunteers who are helping with the Chingola groups of children with disabilities. Marina is one of the first volunteers to find children with disabilities needing help.
Jean Chrispiene Andrew and Marina in the office at Chrispien's house.
Chrispiene is another social entreprise person. He started teaching his own children after school and was soon joined by 30 curious children. He has built classrooms on his house and has now found some teachers and runs a pre-school as well as working.
The reality of life for many people - no running water.
We went home with Marina and saw where she lives.
Marina showing how she has to collect water from a hole dug beside the stream - this helps a bit with some filtering.
This is Marina's first job of the day every morning.
Despite living with lots of difficulties (no electricity, tiny house with no security of tenure, caring for her sister's daughter and her daughter as well as a nephew), Marina works in a school (an hour's walk away) and still manages to help with the weekly sessions for the children with disabilities and their families. God bless Marina.Another UK Volunteer comes to help!
Joy arrived last Sunday complete with box that customs had opened - then decided that they liked her bird chair!Kondwani
Kondwani liked it too! He is 4 and has cerebral palsy.
It was Kondwani's and Peter's birthdays on the 16th - Kondwani received a present of a soft toy that Andrew's children had sent. Unwrapping going on in photo!
The lunchtime birthday celebration and cake!
Esther, Kondwani's Mum is one of the active Wukwashi Volunteers. She is a primary school teacher and has been helping run sessions with the children with disabilities
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We have returned to Ndola after a great 2 weeks out near Garneton, Kitwe on Ben Doree Farm
THERE ARE MORE PHOTOS COMING
run out of time now - hopefully more next week
Fantastic !! When you said that customs liked Joy's bird chair I was worried that they had liked it too much, but so glad to see it has arrived at Ben Dore. Its beautiful. Hope your stay goes well Joy.
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