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This blog will be an account my life working in a Refugee camp in Northern Zambia called Mwange. For the next year, I will be working for Right to Play, a sport and development organization based out of Toronto. What follows will be a life altering experience. Stay tuned....
Thursday, March 31, 2005
March 12th
Last night was my first experience of the Lusaka night life. Started out with a “Ladies night” of Lusaka ex-patriots, unknown to me, I was forced to come out when Niaomi, one of the Lusaka Project Co-ordinators guilted me into coming out. What I walked into was a sea of women, about 50 of them. I had expected at least a few men, but, sure enough, I was the only male in an overload of estrogen. They had a hat going around by the end of the supper with each female putting in 10000 kwacha for me to strip – no, I’m serious!!
From there we went to a night club called the Brown Frog, where more males showed up, of course. Zambian music is really good to dance to, and I even learned to shake my hips, Zambian style – I was quite impressed with myself…. Hah!
Today, we were off for Kasama, in the northern province. Unfortunately, we only made it half way before our truck broke down and now we are stuck in a city called Mpika, in the middle of nowhere. We are holed up in a guesthouse where all the locals hang out and drink and listen to music. I’m hoping to be able to get some sleep but we’ll have to see when they turn off the music… I'm just glad that it’s good music!
