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Iris used to live here with 3 children, Lusaka, June 2008The entrance to Iris’ old houseIris outside her new house in July 2008The success of the programme is a stable and safe home lifeAmong the children of Bwafwano orphanage, 2008There is always time for a chatGavin Kane, Michael Nugent, Tim Hurley, Sam Hodgins, John Foyle, Michael Kealy, Tim Bevan, Voster Tembo, Kawama 2010Aids testing starts earlyDave Godwin with Jayjay, Kawama 2009Gavin and Emily, August 2012Innocent Mutale – my friendIsaac and Lloyd discuss with me which of us is the better builder, Tiyende Pamodzi, September 2009Steve, Paul and Gavin in August 2012, ChipulukusuLister outside her new house. Also pictured, Checka, Steve, Julius and me. Chipulukusu August 2012.I saw some strange things in Zambia. 2009Mr Charles was the foreman builder. Kawama 2009Steve and Gavin at work and posing. Chipulukusu August 2012Steve in downtown Kitwe. August 2012.Voster Tembo on siteFirst lollies. Kawama, July 2010.Visiting Kawama local school, July 2010.Kawama local school, July 2010.Who is telling who a story? Kawama June 2010.Innocent and Gavin. June 2010.Lisa used to live here, before she got her Habitat House, Tiyende Pamodzi, Lusaka, June 2008Lisa’s daughter comes home from schoolLisa used to live hereLisa received this house in 2008Visiting Lisa one year after she got the house, September 2009Just don’t!A typical build, half way through. June 2010.Bwafano orphanage, outside Lusaka, cares for over 16,000 orphansNo one is afraid of a hard day’s work – Tiyende Pamodzi, Lusaka June 2008Michael Kealy doing it one-handed in Kawama 2010Dismas Makwaza 2010Scholastica Makwaza and her two sisters received a Habitat house. Kawama 2010.Sharon Makwaza in the garden, Kawama June 2010Sharon Makwaza with her grandmother, Violet. Kawama, June 2010.Sharing photos one year later, June 2011The edge of the village, Kawama, 2011Visiting Graceland School, July 2011The neighbours came to say hello, Kawama, July 2011Everyone came out to see Jennifer getting her new house, July 2011Jennifer arriving to her new house, July 2011My front door, 2010Everyone tries to go to school in ZambiaMain water supply in Kawama before the well was boredThe drilling rig at work in Kawama, June 2011There are always friends on the road. Kawama 2011The road home in the evening, Kawama 2011A friendly face along the wayBath time, Kawama styleThe hand pump in Tiyende Pamodzi, Lusaka, 2008Local girls, 2008Neighbours’ kids looking for a bit of crackThere is dust everywhere in the summerTony, Oisin, Me, Adam, Gavin (half hidden) and Simon. Kawama 2011.Off to collect the electricity for the evening. Tiyende Pamodzi 2008Be nice to the witchdoctor! Tiyende Pamodzi 200834 degree heat in June 2008Handsome boy, Chazanga, June 2008Jumping for joy outside their new house, Tiyende Pamodzi 2008Neighbour’s girl, 2008The children of Chazanga, 2008Work starts at the corners, and you work from thereA daily street sceneDigging a well takes ten days for two men – 15 metres deep – by hand,The 2008 team
Phil, me, Adam, Brian, Bernadette, Sean, Kevin, Sean, BrendanMore children of Chazanga township, 2008Tiyende Pamodzi. The finished project built by Habitat for Humanity, 2008Hi ho, hi ho, its off to……..A fascinating exchange. Tiyende Pamodzi 2008Everything is carried on the headThey are more friendly than they look!Street scene, ChazangaBwafwano Orphanage 2008Little feetIris used to live hereTrafficSimple messageClara with Mwai on her back. Kawama 2009Mary died within a month of this photo being taken, September 2009Mwai on the front door stepLittle kids, 2009Ingeneous childMy warriorsHandpump in KawamaNot all the neighbours are friendlyInnocent takes a restTim at work, Kawama, 2010Sam and friends, Kawama 2010Gavin attracting attentionStarting another house, Kawama 2010Richie posing as a real manJayjay is the responsible kid in the village, Kawama 2009This family got a new house in 2011Jarlath Burke and friends, Kawama 2009My girls, Kawama 2009The 2009 team. Tom, John, Richie, Jarlath, Dave and meJarlath and Mr Charles, at the end of the day, Kawama 2009Michael Kealy and me, 2010Tim Hurley and Gavin Kane taking a rest, Kawama 2010When Maureen Makwazi got her new house, everyone turned out to see the hand-overThe great northern road, looking north from LusakaKawama 2009, two boysEverything has to be made by handOne year later, visiting families who have moved in to their new housesEveryone is willing to lend a handTrying again to get the AIDS message accrossAt work, Kawama 2009Innocent Mutele, 2009Kawama, my streetIris waited patiently for the new houseIris’ house takes shapeIris outside the finished house, two weeks later. July 2008Innocent Mutele on site with Tom Gaughran. 2009Gavin meeting the deputy mayor of Ndola, local member of parliament and CEO of Habitat Zambia, 2012One of the many houses in Kawama, built with funds we raisedLister Matani Kamwendo in the shade. Chipulukusu 2012Lister’s house was mostly collapsed alreadyJoyce and Lister during the workLovemore, an orphan at 16, is Lister’s grandson.Dominique, working on the roofI have worked with Paul over two years. He is a precise builderOld friends in Kawama, 2012. Including Ben, Gavin, Mr Levy, Clara, me and InnocentGavin with Emily and me. 2012 in KawamaVoster teaching me the local board gamesCheeky kids, Derrick and Bwafwano in 2009 looks after over 16,000 orphansA typical roadside shopMy local in KawamaFruit and Vegetable stall, KawamaCompleted Habitat houses in KawamaOur street, Kawama 2009On the streets of Chazanga, 2008The interior of a Habitat house taking shapeMain Street, Kawama compound, September 2009Mr Charles was our chief builder in 2009On the edge of Kawama village, looking towards the Democratic Republic of the CongoBusy street in KawamaTiyende Pamodzi, 2008. Finished Habitat housesNearly all wells are dug by handOld shelter to the left, and new Habitat house to the rightGrocery shop, Tiyende Pamodzi 2008Family home for one widow and three childrenAndrew Crowe does some work! Isaac is just supervising.Typical toilet / latrine in Tiyende Pamodzi 2008The design of the new “improved, ventilated pit” latrine impresses Tom Gaughran. Tiyende Pamodzi 2009Neighbouring familyBuilding is a spectator sportDon’t be shyTypical building scene – in 35 degree heatVolunteer Heroes, Tiyende Pamodzi 2008As we build a new house, we can see how other families have benefitted from earlier housesQuiet companionshipJohn Foyle on the scaffoldCenent blocks and red clay bricksHabitat toilet block, KawamaBuilding with Michael Kealy and an audienceThe house takes shape in 2010Michael Kealy pointing blocksInside Beauty’s house 2010. We only built this house one year previouslyFootball is a universal languageChildren in the dustThe collapsing old house in the foreground, with the new Habitat house behindSam Hodgkins engages in cultural exchange with Scholastica MakwazaA new habitat house built in 2010 with money raised by our supportersInspection tour of houses built with funds raised in 2009The careful construction of a lintelThe children are never too farKawama in 2009With no streetlights, it can be very dark at night, but the dust shows up in the flashA collapsing house which was home to three people, before we built a Habitat houseWhich one is the cutest?Celebrations when Maureen Makwaza received her house. Kawama July 2010.Voster Tembo and Paul McGennisNot sure if he trusts the cameraBernadette and friendsVoster makes his pointMr Adam and Voster Tembo address a crowdFebby with her childrenThe finished house for Adam and KennaKenna inside her old houseAll hands on deck to finish the houseMr Adam and I having a restHugh and Oscar putting in the glassMr Adam was an absolute gentlemanChatting with the neighboursWe were always being watchedEveryone has a question to askNever too small to give a liftSunset over ChipulukusuAfter a busy day in the dustEliza and family one year laterOne year later, Eliza outside her Habitat houseGreeting my visitorsPreparing for the roof to go onOn siteMr Chairman, Jaydoh, is tiredI think it says “beware of the dog”After Lister died, Lovemore (centre) and Joyce (right) are alone in the world againMr Paul and I cutting the wireMr Adam ready for a day’s workBuilding the foundations for a latrineTeachers at Graceland School familarise themselves with laptop computersA new house for Adam and Kenna. Their old cook house in the backgroundEveryone is friendly!!!A young man shows how well he can read in EnglishPupils at Graceland SchoolGetting started with new technologyTeachers at Graceland School trying out the new laptop computersOn the goAll aloneFebby used to live hereA house half-way to constructionA new Habitat homeAlways time for a smileMy neighbours in the morningFebby Lufungulo with her son James and her granddaughters Mapalo and Febby outside her collapsing house. They now have a new Habitat for Humanity built house.
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