Arrived safe

After a 10 hour flight we all arrived safely in Lusaka where we were met by Vicky from UNICEF UK.  We checked into the hotel, had lunch and were picked up and taken to UN House, first for a security briefing about Zambia, then a programme update from the UNICEF field office team on how money raised by the company has been spent on various projects.  Tomorrow we will visit some of the school projects and meet kids who have benefited from the amazing UNICEF school in a box kits.  They only cost GBP 175 and can provide an education for up to 80 children.

All pretty tired by the end of the day, we had a quiet dinner at the hotel where a couple of us ate nshima (staple local food made of ground maize/corn flour, aka mielie-meal or pap in SA) with relishes and fish.  All eaten with your hands - quite liberating to ditch the cutlery and get sticky fingers!

Just 2 days to go

Hello!

And welcome to the Orange UK blog page about our field trip visit experiences in Zambia with UNICEF.  We (Kathy, Sharon, Emma, Keith and Steve) leave this Sunday and will meet Vicky and local field office staff from UNICEF in Lusaka.

We will be in Zambia for a week visiting projects funded by Orange employees and customers, and seeing how the money raised by the partnership with UNICEF is making a real and significant difference to the lives of children affected by natural disasters around the world.

Keep up to date, follow our trip, share our experiences all on this page, technology permitting! 

Thanks
Kathy