Payments in 2026
Dear friends, near and far!
Below are some of the recent photos we received from the school in Twabuka, showing how our school cafeteria operates—it provides at least one hot meal every day to the school’s more than 300 students.
The photos also feature the cooks, some examples of the meals they prepared, and the many smiling faces of the children—who are the focus of this project.
Here you can see the schedule for the upcoming exams for grades 7, 8, and 9. It’s interesting to see how many languages (and I mean languages, not dialects) are spoken in Zambia.
Thank you all, as always, for your help!
Payments for 2025
Dear Friends,
Here is a selection of photos from the past few months sent to us by the principal of Twabuka, which capture the vibrant colors and smiles of the school and the school cafeteria in action. This is a project we’ve been carrying out for many, many years now, step by step, for over three hundred students. Among the photos of the children and their activities, you’ll also find some of a young teacher, Mrs. Bertha, who, sadly, passed away suddenly last December and whom we remember fondly.
In addition to the photos, we are also publishing the payments that were sent to the school in 2025 to ensure the school cafeteria could continue to operate.
As always, we continue—as much as possible—to support the school in Twabuka and the group of street children cared for by our friend Claudia Lubinda.
Thank you on behalf of the Twabuka community!
Payments for September–October 2024
And here, at last, are some great photos of school resuming after the August break, and our cafeteria in full swing!
Classes, small classroom projects, the school chicken coop that we set up several years ago and is still in use, and, above all, the school cafeteria, which provides the school’s more than 300 students with two meals a day.
Thank you, as always, to everyone who helps us and to those who will continue to do so in the future on behalf of the school and its wonderful community!!
Payments for May–July 2024
After the April break, 2,400 euros will be used each month to provide nshima (polenta), beans, chicken, vegetables, bread, and whatever else we can for our more than 300 little and big friends at Twabuka.
Today, we received another donation from a friend who lives far away but hasn’t forgotten the school in Twabuka or our project. Thank you to her and to all of you who, through your donations—both large and small—enable us to continue this valuable project.
Thank you on behalf of the Twabuka community!
Payments for January–March 2024
Dear Friends,
We’re back with some beautiful photos we’ve received over the past three months from the school in Twabuka and from Claudia Lubinda and her students in the Zwelopili neighborhood of Livingstone.
The start of 2024 was not easy in Zambia—and therefore not easy in Livingstone either—due to a cholera outbreak that affected the entire country, particularly the area around the capital, Lusaka. Schools therefore remained closed until mid-February, which is why we are attaching only two payment slips instead of the usual three. In addition to the epidemic, there has been a lack of rainfall, which has led to drought and difficulties in obtaining corn and other agricultural products.
That is why the school cafeteria project—which provides two meals a day to the school’s more than 300 students (and teachers) during school hours—is even more appreciated, and it is now more important than ever for us to convey a heartfelt thank you from the school principal, Ms. Reginah Jere Chipila and the entire Twabuka and Zwelopili community!!
Happy Easter to your families, with a hug from our friends—both big and small—in Zambia!
Fall 2023 Payments
Dear Friends,
A lot has happened in Twabuka. The school resumed classes as usual in early September for a semester that ended on December 8.
Throughout the entire quarter, our cafeteria was open, serving two meals a day to more than 300 students and school staff. This was made possible thanks to your donations, donations from friends in the United States, and the 5×1000 program.
We are attaching some of the photos we have received from the school during this period, as well as copies of the payments made to the Twabuka school from early August through today (three payments of 2,400 euros each).
We are also enclosing a donation of 250 euros made on December 27 to our local volunteer, who works with a group of children living on the streets in Livingstone and whom we have known for over ten years.
Thank you to all of you who have helped us in 2023, and a special thanks to Liam and Bill, who traveled all the way to Zambia this year to visit our projects! Thank you, and Merry Christmas to you and your families.
Thank you on behalf of the Twabuka community!