The First President of Zambia

The First President of Zambia

Last Thursday we were invited to a ground breaking/tree planting near
Fringilla where they are going to be building a rehab center for
persons with disabilities. The invitation was last minute, but we
were able to take all the kids and were able to sing the National
Anthem. Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, the first president of Zambia spoke.
There were also a couple of performing groups. A big group from UK
were there who are supporting the project, also the District
Commissioner, and a number of young men in wheel chairs who did a
play. It was a great amount of things to take in. So on Friday,
Period 4, we discussed all that we had seen and learned. It was a
great time of sharing, and the kids missed nothing – from the flowers
around, to the performers, to what the president said, to the
bodyguard, to police cars, etc. etc.

They behaved so wonderfully – sitting on mats on the ground, in the
sun (it started out rather cool so that was ok for a while), to being
patient when the program started almost 1 ½ hours after they said it
would. We were the first ones to arrive. So we had lots of hungry,
hot, thirsty, and tired kids – most riding in the back of the pick-up
truck going home. I think they will always remember this event and
seeing their first president.