Drew's African Odyssey - Mwange Refugee Camp, Zambia

Day spent at home on the computer planning for future workshops and preparing our reports for head office. On Friday we are organizing a “Problem Solving” workshop for coaches.

I also went to tour the market – very interesting. I’ve gotten to know a couple of the shop keepers and I hang out down in the market for awhile during my shopping. Today I bought seeds for a garden and the guard and I planted tomatoes, onions and carrots. Hopefully, they’ll be ready before the project is over.

I wanted to let everybody know that due to our very lousy phone line here in Mporokoso, we’ve managed to get a satellite phone, anyone who would like to get a hold of me – follow these directions… Any calls would be greatly appreciated… Just remember the 10 hour time difference (ahead) from Zambia to Canada.

For people in Canada to call our satellite phone!!

• Our number is 01188216-52017610 (complete with country and area code!... I think…)

• The airtime provider is SatCom Distribution Ltd – www.satcomdistribution.com
• An airtime card must be purchased from SatCom in order to place a call to the satellite phone. Contact SatCom to purchase this.

• To place the call to our satellite phone:
-calling a Thuraya phone from USA/Canada using a 2-stage PIN
-dial 1-888-253-5065
-at the prompt asking for account number enter your PIN (from the purchased airtime card)
-at the prompt asking for the number you wish to call
-dial: 011+country code+area code+subscriber number
-Zambia’s Country Code: 88 Area Code: 216 (verify with operator)
-eg. To call a Thuraya whose number is 123 456 78, enter 011-88216-123-456-78