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Dear friends, Since the beginning of the year there has been cholera again in some larger cities. This is nothing new, it occurs almost every rainy season. But this year the government postponed the start of the school year from January 7th to the 29th. Since most of our students were here in December to… Zambia News January 2024 weiterlesen

Dear friends, After experiencing the hottest November with little rainfall, we’ve had good rain over the last three days, resulting in a slight cooldown. However, the rain has been quite localized, and several friends have still received minimal rainfall. This late rainy season significantly affects agriculture, as farmers have barely planted their fields. Consequently, the… Good Hope Zambia News December 2023 weiterlesen

Dear friends,After weeks of heat, 35 degrees every day, we finally had rain on the 14th, but it came with a heavy thunderstorm. A tree was hit 20 meters in front of our house and some things in the house were „fried“ including my computer, which was just lying in its bag on the table.… Good Hope Zambia News November 2023 weiterlesen

Dear friends We have now been here for almost four weeks. The return flight on August 24th was longer than usual because, due to political uncertainty in Africa, the flight route first went southeast via Greece, Israel, the Red Sea and finally via Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe to Johannesburg. We had still managed to catch… Good Hope Zambia News September 2023 weiterlesen

Dear friends, You now have the “longest” days and we have the “shortest” with around 11 hours of light. What many people don’t know is the influence of different hours of light per day on plant growth. Various vegetables that grow in Europe cannot cope with the short days here. For example, onion varieties from… Good Hope Zambia News June 2023 weiterlesen

Dear Friends and Supporters, During the Easter weekend in early April, Zambia, like many other countries, had a wide range of community gatherings, Bible camps, youth meetings, and more. This year, the National Easter Youth Meeting of the Churches of Christ in Zambia took place here in Kalomo. The young people from our community reported… Good Hope Zambia News April 2023 weiterlesen

Dear friends, It’s done: A week ago we had a graduation ceremony with 28 graduates, plus five who had left earlier in the year but now attended this celebration. So it was packed with about 100 guests in our school auditorium. For us teachers it was particularly satisfying that most of the students left with… Good Hope Zambia News December 2022 weiterlesen

Dear friends, We discovered a good “connection between weed and soccer”: Our soccer team was looking for a sponsor. Of course they came to me. We have agreed on a good “compromise”. These are fit youngsters, so they cleared about 100m x 50m of this aggressive lantana bush and got about E200 to get some… Good Hope Zambia News October 2022 weiterlesen

Dear friend The “cold” season is over, many trees are starting to bloom, which always looks great when everything around it looks so dry, brown and gray. AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL The last trimester for this year started on August 31st. The new classroom I wrote about in the last letter is coming soon finished. We hope… Good Hope Zambia News September 2022 weiterlesen