Today we visited the Day Care centre for lunch. We intended to go for breakfast but we couldn’t find transport to get us there one time. Apparently the children came at 6 o’clock this morning. They ate porridge made from ground maize. At lunch they ate bread and tea with beans [...]

Today we went to to the Day Care and interviewed 5 ladies for the position of cook. I have now hired two ladies. They have both attended some seconday school. Once claims to have attended grade 12 while the other says she has gone to grade 10. Neither of them speaks [...]

Yesterday we went to the village of Chitungu to meet the orphans. Eight of them showed up to greet me, one was busy playing. If he doesn’t come on Monday when we go to present the blankets and school supplies we will demand that another child be selected to take his place. [...]

Today we went to the village to meet the orphans and their caregivers. I had earlier been told that there would be 11 children selected and I would choose 9 from that group. I was very uncomfortable with this. It would have been tremendously difficult to say “no” to 2 children. [...]