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!
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