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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 26th
We were out at the camp again today. One of the coaches organized a dance spectacle to commemorate the last day of school exams. WOW, can the Congolese dance! There were about 6 performances: everything from Mumbo, to breakdancing to Rafiki (famous Congolese singer). It was unfortunate that the batteries ran out of the stereo halfway through and we had to scramble to get some more. Quite the experience…
The night was spent at a barbeque (called a Brie) at the Red Cross Club. The Red Cross has recently built a place for people from the NGO’s to hang out at, drink, socialize, watch TV and play pool. I met a bunch of people there and even got myself into a pool tournament. Tommorrow we’re having an Easter feast with a friend from the Red Cross, our driver Peter and a friend from the Ministry of Home Affairs. I’m really looking forward to it…
