The photos above are of Presentation Sister Numba's widow farm near Kalomo. Numba is a young Zambian Presentation Sister living with us in Kalomo. She is a teacher and teaches in one of the local schools. When she first arrived in Kalomo 4 years or so ago, she started a grief support group for widows in the parish. There were a good number of them. This grief support group gradually talked about their needs and one of them was how to get land to plant maize and vegetables so they could feed their children. Over the years Numba has purchased land to create a farm, and together the women work the land and then share the produce. They call it Numba's widow farm. It is amazing.
Sister Deb is a missionary living in the remote village of Kalomo, Zambia, in central Africa. She is a member of a religious congregation of women called the Presentation Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA. This blog tracks the journey of living and working among some of this world's poorest people.
I'm a Sister of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary from South Dakota, USA. I've been a Formator of youth for 16 years in the South Dakota area. After spending 5 months of a sabbatical year in Zambia, Africa in 2008-09 I've decided to return to Africa to experience life in this culture and to live and minister amidst those who have been made the poorest of the poor.