Chipping in to get the job done

Margie and Marilyn at the Waterfront Lodge

Many people can say they visited Africa but in reality few actually experience it. There is so much misunderstanding in the developed world about the people and their true situation. The motto for Zambia is “The Real Africa” [...]

One of many strange visitors to our home

Margie arrived in Livingstone on Tuesday after a long flight. Surprisingly she was not exhausted and we managed to see some of Livingstone and sit up and talk in the evening. She is so excited to be here and has had some great experiences over [...]

TGIF. Yes it’s only Friday and I am writing my weekly blog early because 1. I have lots to say, 2. I have lots of time 3. I have lots of extra energy, or 4. None of the above. Actually number 4 is probably most accurate. This past week has been draining as we [...]

The Arts Cafe

Marilyn is busy writing our newest ‘original” African musical and the cast is rehearsing the scenes as soon as they come out of her head and onto the printed page. She is so talented and it is her experience, skill and creativity which sets us apart from any other performance [...]

Daisy- Our new marketing manager

“We loved it!” This is the feedback we get from our shows on a regular basis from individuals and groups. In addition to our regular shows, we performed an extra show at a boma dinner event for 88 people from South Africa. They were celebrating their third year [...]

Ryan's arrival in Lusaka

We’ve had a really great week starting with our trip to Lusaka to pick Ryan up at the Airport. We went up on Saturday and stayed at Mika lodge. We went to a reggae festival on Saturday night and picked Ryan up at the airport on Sunday. It just [...]

Usually I sit down and write my weekly blog on Sundays. I know there are people who make it a part of their plans to read it and this motivates me to keep it going. I also consider it a log of our activities and will someday read back through the years and summarize [...]

Reflections on doing work in Africa:

Yogi Berra, who had a great way with words once said “nobody goes there anymore….it’s too busy.” Another of his sayings which I’ve used many times is “when you come to a fork in the road….take it.” Beyond the humour there is a lot of truth to [...]

Some of you will remember Kelly who worked for us last fall and made it possible for us to return to Canada for a Christmas vacation. She is the coordinator of the Book Bus which is a traveling library which visits local schools. It is run by a British NGO and is an amazing [...]

We went to a birthday party for Alexa who is a volunteer Kiwi we met at one of our shows. It was held at backpackers which is not yet open for the tourist season so it was an exclusive venue. As is the tradition in Zambia, Alexa got thrown into the pool. Richard planned [...]