2010 KAFAKUMBA NEWS
Earth-moving at KTC
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| The parking lot being graded |
Posted December 18, 2010
We have begun leveling the dirt around the KTC auditorium. A grader was brought in to do the road and parking area. The topsoil, which was too soft and wet for the grader, is being leveled by hand. We hired 15 workers with hoes and shovels. This provides extra income for local people and also enables us to continue making progress. We hope to plant grass soon.
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| Workers leveling the topsoil |
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| Topsoil after a day's work |
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KTC Trash Pickup Day
Posted November 28, 2010
November 27, 2010 was a beautiful day to start cleaning up the KTC grounds. Many of the KTC residents worked for part of the morning
picking up trash within the Center. Afterwards, we celebrated Patricia's birthday with chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting. We built a fire from some of
the scrap wood that was picked up, then roasted marshmallows. None of the Africans had ever seen anything like it before. We all had fun
making a sticky mess and learning how to cook and eat marshmallows. P.S. It took a lot of searching to find marshmallows in the store.
None of the store clerks knew what they were.
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| The cleanup crew |
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| Some big helpers |
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| Some big helpers |
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| Wyson and Pastor Kilembo |
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| Roasting marshmallows |
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| The birthday girl's (Patricia) first ever roasted marshmallow |
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First Monthly KTC Dinner
Posted November 20, 2010
November 19, 2010 was our first monthly dinner for residents of the Kafakumba Training Center. We all enjoyed the fellowship and good food. Zilose Kabinga brought a
special dish: fried caterpillars. Afterwards, we had a meeting to discuss recent happenings at the KTC and planned a trash pickup day for the next Saturday.
Our next dinner will be on December 31: New Year's Eve!
Landscaping at Kafakumba
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| New topsoil at KTC |
Posted November 13, 2010
A lot of topsoil was recently moved into the center in preparation for landscaping. The dirt is all in big piles. Our next step, which will take quite some time, is to smooth out the dirt
and let it settle before planting grass.
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| Digging up an old fuel tank |
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| New topsoil at KTC |
Fall 2010 Pastors' School Completed
Posted September 12, 2010
A one-month session for the Congolese students was completed in early September. This was the first time the pastors brought their wives with them to Zambia.
Kafakumba in the News
Posted July 1, 2010
The Times of Zambia newspaper, one of the largest papers in Zambia, has published an article about the work at Kafakumba. Click here to read "Kafakumba, for economic empowerment" (March 26, 2010).
The Times of Zambia also published an article about bee farming. Click here to read "Bee farming takes root in Copperbelt rural...as Bee Sweet Scheme set to distribute 3,000 hives" (May 8, 2010). The article makes mention of the Kafakumba woodworking shop, where the 3,000 beehives were built for Bee Sweet.
The Post published an article about the benefits of aloe vera. Aloe vera is one of the crops grown at Kafakumba. Click here to read "Aloe Vera, the miracle plant" (Feb 21, 2010).
Spring 2010 Pastors' School Completed
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| Sunday church service |
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| Class at the Pastors' School |
Posted July 1, 2010
The 2010 Pastors' School session has been completed. Praise God for His blessings as men and women were trained to share the Good News around central Africa!
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| At the Sunday night bonfire |
There were about 80 pastors at this session, mostly from Zambia and Tanzania. They continue to stress how much of an impact the school has on their wives when they come. The children had a ball this year with trampolines, toys, desks, and supplies that arrived in the container (see below).
New Container Arrived in April
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| Unloading the container |
Posted June 12, 2010
A shipping container from the United States has finally arrived at Kafakumba. The container was shipped by boat to Walvis Bay, Namibia, then trucked to Kafakumba.
Grandma (Lorraine Enright) is thrilled because it had a lot of things for the children's work. The two trampolines are put up already. There were boxes of toys, puzzles, books, dolls, etc. for the children's rooms, as well as some chairs, desks, storage cabinets, and rugs. There were also some machines, plus quite a good load of clothes. Most of the clothes will be distributed to the pastors.
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| Inspecting the new shipment |
Although the shipping container is an effective way of transporting materials to Kafakumba, it is also very expensive. If you happen to know of alternative, less expensive methods, please contact us at bcbauson@kafakumba.org.
