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Google Maps and the school that George built
View Larger Map So here’s something pretty amazing. I was browsing around on Google Maps the other day (as you do), and I noticed that the satellite imagery for the area of southern Zambia around Kalomo has been updated with some more recent pictures. Why is this important? Because it includes aerial photos of the…
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Sonia on International Women’s Day
Very happy to see a picture of mine has been chosen by the Guardian for International Women’s Day. I’ve written about Sonia many times in the past – she’s one of the most inspirational people I know. Bright, intelligent and with enough family problems that she could and probably should be doing anything she wanted…
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A tribute to Shabby
Two days ago I got a text message from George, the headteacher at Simakakata Community School in Zambia, telling me that a friend of his who I had the honour of meeting a few times had died. Shabby Aongola lived in the small compound of huts just a few hundred yards from the school, which…
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A new way to see London
Just a short post to thank everyone who sponsored me to take part in the LearnAsOne Founder’s Challenge yesterday, walking 26miles along the bank of the Thames and taking in 19 bridges along the way. While it may sound a bit weedy compared to, I don’t know, running the same distance, I was pretty astounded…
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George’s Dream: A photofilm by me
Live over at LearnAsOne today. Enjoy.
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The school at Good Hope
_1050710, originally uploaded by nisuspi. As the sign says, there’s a set of photos up taken at Good Hope school near Simakakata, and all you need to do is click on the pic to see them. Good Hope is where George, the headmaster at Simakakata, used to work and where his wife, Linda, still does.…
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Sonia in the old schoolhouse
Sonia in the old schoolhouse still, originally uploaded by nisuspi. I do love this shot of Sonia, still teaching in the old schoolhouse. She had her third child last year, who is suffering from measles at the moment, yet she still walks the 7km commute to Kalomo everyday.
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More photos up…
Bisca’s class, Grade 4, originally uploaded by nisuspi. This time processed using Lightroom on Windows, rather than Bibble on Linux. Can’t say I’m as happy with the results, may reprocess them at some point.
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George, the headmaster
Just as I was leaving, George asked if I could take a photo that he’d be able to hang on the wall as a permanent reminder of the school’s founder. He was embarrassed by the question, but it meant a lot to him. This is one of the set I came up with. Because there’s…
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Simakakata day one
_1040844, originally uploaded by nisuspi. The first batch of shots from Simakakata are up on my Flickr page. Lots more still to come…
