Travel

After my first flight got delayed by some stupid people who decided to get off the plane because they had missed their connection (making everyone else remaining on the plane miss theirs) my original 24 hour trip turned into 48!!
I met two others on the flight from manchester who were also travelling to Zambia so we teamed up and made sure we all got to the right places.

 Their names were Pauline and Jack and Jacks friend ended up helping me sort out a place to stay in Lusaka and paid for the taxi there - thank you Jacks friend!!!

I FINALLY landed in Ndola where Moses, Angela, her daughter and niece came to pick me up (without my luggage as of course it never made the connection in amsterdam!) and we went to get some food and water for me for the next few days.

Leaving today!

well, starting my journey which will take over 24 hours but still SO excited none the less!!!

Got my maleria tablets yesterday

they only set me back £180!!!

Justgiving page

Here is my justgiving page>

http://www.justgiving.com/sammyinzambia
(opens in a new window)

it has some more information about what I will be doing and if youre feeling nice donate! and you can leave a message saying what you want the money to go towards eg, school supplies, food for a sick child etc.
Thank you :)

dates have been sorted for my trip!

I leave next friday(!) 29th June and get back Saturday 8th September. So excited I cannot describe!

Assembly at Brookburn...

ended up being in front of 200 children instead of the 60 I thought it would be! So was quite nervous by the time it was my turn to speak, but it all went well and we've arranged to go back into the school on friday afternoon to do a class with the year 5s. It will be the first of quite a few classes so that I can build up a relationship with some of the children before I go out to Zambia.
Ahh its so exciting!!

Preparation for assembly at Brookburn Primary School

Met with Richard Strittmatter today to decide what content the assembly will have and who will say what. It'll go something like this -
On monday morning Richard, Dave and myself will go to Brookburn Primary School and give an assembly to around 60 Year 5 children to tell them about the previous trip as well as my upcoming trip to Zambia. Dave will start us off and introduce us as he was a governor at, and one of his children still currently attend, the school. Then Richard will go through a few pictures and explain them, then i'm going to tell them about my blog and what I plan to do whilst out in Zambia.
This will deffinitely be a first for me and I can still vaguely remember being in primary school watching an assembly, so to now be giving one is quite exciting!

Daves blog whilst he was in Zambia

http://zambiamac.wordpress.com/

 His mascot was snowy the penguin (his sons toy) who got to see some amazing sights and meet some wonderful people in Zambia. Dave is a fellow member of MAC who went out to Zambia with two others in March this year.

Deliveries arrived today!

Anything I might (but hopefully won't) need for first aid in Zambia.

First post!

In just under two months I will be flying to Lusaka, Zambia to work for two and a half months on behalf of the charity Manchester Aid for Children (MAC). I will be updating this blog whilst there about the work I will be doing and the people I will meet. Thanks for reading, sammy.