A Buncha NunSense

Monday, January 19, 2009







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.

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