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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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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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Turning a table
In Ancient Greece, Plato used the idea of a table to discuss the philosophical notion of form. This table, however, is much more practical – it was built by Grade 8 students at Good Hope, a school in rural Zambia that George used to teach in. Makes my Garfield penholder I made at a similar…
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How my wife started a nursery school in Zambia
A chance encounter with an administrator from Care International today resulted in my wife opening a nursery for the people rural of Simakakata in Kalomo District, Southern Zambia. She doesn’t know about it yet, so let me explain. Today was my first day back at Simakakata Community School, finding out what’s changed over the year…
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Back to Simakakata
Here’s the post I’ve written for LearnAsOne explaining the next few days. “Season’s greetings and a happy new year. For those of our supporters who’ve been stuck in northern Europe’s coldest winter for decades, my commiserations. I’ve been away in South Africa visiting relatives for the festive period, and have been slowly baking away in…
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Supporting the students
That’s all of them – not just the ones in the UK right now. I feel utterly remiss that the two biggest stories of the year – Wikileaks and the student protests – are going on while I’ve been either preparing for a long trip abroad or while I’m on it. I’ve all the protests…
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Back to Simakakata
This morning, as I was getting ready for work, my wife and I were talking about plans for January. We’re going to South Africa for three weeks over Christmas to see family in Johannesburg, and I’m planning to make my way up to Simakakata in Zambia while we’re there to see George and the school…
