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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....
Monday, June 20, 2005
June 10th
Spent last night negotiating for our vehicle to be transported to Lusaka. Word cam from head office that we will be getting a new vehicle from the Right to Play project in Luapula province, and they will be buying a new one. This is going to make our life a lot easier.
Took the bus to Lusaka today. The trip proved to be not without difficulties as the bus was stopped on numerous occasions for transport or customs officials to board the bus and demand that everybody show their identification. You shoulda seen the dirty look when I told the Official that I had forgotten my passport in my bag below. He made me get off the bus, while everybody waited for me, and he took a long hard look at my passport before he waved me away. I mean, do I look like some kind of terrorist?
It was surprising how nice a bus we got, complete with movies and comfortable seats. I was expecting the back of a bumpy truck with no shocks and no seats, so it was a pleasant surprise.
We left Kasama at 5:30 and arrived in Lusaka at 3 pm. What a relief it was to make it here… Showers, TV, phone, electricity and internet!! I’m in heaven!!!!!!
