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<title>memeza / Zambian News</title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com</link>
<description>Memeza is a news site on Zambia that has articles submitted and ranked by visitors of the site.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 04:04:56 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Southern Africa: Human Trafficking on the Upswing]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Southern_Africa_Human_Trafficking_on_the_Upswing-1</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Southern_Africa_Human_Trafficking_on_the_Upswing-1</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 04:04:56 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Afriwoman</dc:creator>
<category>Crime and Corruption</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Southern_Africa_Human_Trafficking_on_the_Upswing-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Women trafficked from Zambia/Southern Africa are rarely accounted for. The situation has evolved to a sophisticated degree and it can easily be overlooked]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Times of Zambia]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Times_of_Zambia</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Times_of_Zambia</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 04:04:56 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>idiotmonkey</dc:creator>
<category>Education</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Times_of_Zambia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[honestly, as a student, i don't now what to do. is the government being serious about education or football&amp;the NCC? people need to understand the frustration of the lecturers, workers and the students.I'm being held hostage, YES, hostage, by my government and lecturers. i come here, and they wont teach.when we go, they still continue as usual doing their research and private jobs.NCC can find money to pay consultants, why not pay our lecturers? cant the government go to the stock exchange and get a bond to clear off UNZA? some people have come from sesheke, luapula, and have no money to go back in search of a brighter future.please government, pay these people.and they wonder how PF wins. lets ave some priorities. also lecturers, don't use us as hostages, we are your children. we are innocent, in fact we pay our fees to pay you.so lets not use one another.if we have a class boycott, u want to close the institution.do we always have to stone cars or burn tires?must we parade ourselves on MUVI TV to get an audience? cant we peacefully resolve our differences. government???????must i erect football posts on the great east road and play UNZA social to get sponsors from companies. find a solution. infact, read this and put pen to paper and sign sum checks!!!!!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Moving to Zambia]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Moving_to_Zambia</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Moving_to_Zambia</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:02:46 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Business</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Moving_to_Zambia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We'd like to move to Zambia - either possibly to start a business, buy a business or run your lodge or bar for you. We are &quot;people&quot; people, and have made a total success of our pub in SA, we want to see and live in the &quot;real Africa&quot;! Any offers or info would be highly appreciated!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Protest by 360 Workers Should Serve as a Lesson (Times)]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Protest_by_360_Workers_Should_Serve_as_a_Lesson_Times</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Protest_by_360_Workers_Should_Serve_as_a_Lesson_Times</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:50:36 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Afriwoman</dc:creator>
<category>Mining</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Protest_by_360_Workers_Should_Serve_as_a_Lesson_Times</guid>
<description><![CDATA[24 Onshore Construction Company employees in Chingola have been sent back to India for gross misconduct and inciting fellow employees to strike following Monday's protest...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Coach training camp in Lusaka]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Coach_training_camp_in_Lusaka</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Coach_training_camp_in_Lusaka</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:45:00 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Sports</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Coach_training_camp_in_Lusaka</guid>
<description><![CDATA[20 Zambian Basketball Coaches graduated after undergoing ten days of training under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee and the International Basketball Federation.The programme was a FIBA/IOC Advanced basketball coaches course held at the National Sports Development Centre in Lusaka conducted by Kenyan instructor Ronnie Owino.Prominent among the participants were Aggrey Kabalata, head coach of the 2007 Sprite Challenge Champions Green Eagles, Assistant men's national team trainer Johnny Zimba and Kenneth Nkandu of Lusaka City Council Basketball Club.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zambia Asks African States to Bar Chinese Ship]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zambia_Asks_African_States_to_Bar_Chinese_Ship</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zambia_Asks_African_States_to_Bar_Chinese_Ship</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:58 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Politics and Government</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zambia_Asks_African_States_to_Bar_Chinese_Ship</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Zambia's president urged regional states on Monday to bar a Chinese ship carrying arms to Zimbabwe from entering their waters, saying the shipment could deepen the country's election crisis. Zimbabwe announced a delay on Sunday in a partial recount of votes in March 29 parliamentary elections, extending a deadlock in which the opposition says 10 of its members have been killed and hundreds arrested.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nepad pact to boost farming in Africa]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Nepad_pact_to_boost_farming_in_Africa</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Nepad_pact_to_boost_farming_in_Africa</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:57 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Agribusiness</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Nepad_pact_to_boost_farming_in_Africa</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Established in July 2003, the programme, an initiative of the African Union and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad), is the highest policy level framework for the development of agriculture in Africa.The purpose of the CAADP roundtable, to be hosted by the Zambian government and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is to reach consensus among key stakeholders on Zambia's agricultural development agenda, forge the necessary partnerships to implement it and secure commitments and resources from partners to make the necessary investments.According to a statement from the Comesa secretariat in Zambia, Zambian stakeholders under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives and the Agricultural Consultative Forum met on March 27, 2008 to agree on priority programmes &quot;that will bring the required higher growth in the agriculture sector.&quot; Further, outgoing Comesa secretary-general, Erastus Mwencha, on April 3, met Zambian Agriculture minister Sarah Sayifwanda and discussed the agreement, which will be signed by the African Union, the Zambian Ministers for Agriculture and Finance, co-operating partners, Comesa and the private sector under the Zambia National Farmers Union and Agri-business Forum.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Genetic variation in mother-child acute seroconverter pairs from Zambia]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Genetic_variation_in_mother-child_acute_seroconverter_pairs_from_Zambia</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Genetic_variation_in_mother-child_acute_seroconverter_pairs_from_Zambia</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:50 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>AIDS</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Genetic_variation_in_mother-child_acute_seroconverter_pairs_from_Zambia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Objective: To characterize the envelope (Env) glycoprotein of HIV-1 in mother-infant pairs (MIP) that underwent near simultaneous or acute-phase seroconversion, we examined the Env sequence of the transmitted viruses and compare viral evolution within the pair.Design: Three MIP from a Zambian cohort that seroconverted at the same sampling time were identified and followed longitudinally.Methods: The V1-V5 region of the HIV-1 Env gene was sequenced for each sample collected. Phylogenetic and population genetics analyses were carried out to subtype the viruses, estimate relationships among viral genotypes, and compare molecular evolution between the viral populations.Results: Genetic analyses demonstrated a close intrapair relationship between viral sequences from each MIP. Transmission involved several closely related viral genotypes and did not result in a reduction in viral diversity. Amino acid changes were not evenly distributed along Env V1-V5 but concentrated in concordant areas within each MIP. Several positions under positive selection were shared between the MIP viruses. Interestingly, selective pressure on the virus was higher in the infants than in the mothers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural Zambia]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Preventing_mother-to-child_transmission_of_HIV_in_rural_Zambia-1</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Preventing_mother-to-child_transmission_of_HIV_in_rural_Zambia-1</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:49 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>AIDS</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Preventing_mother-to-child_transmission_of_HIV_in_rural_Zambia-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For the past eight months, 34-year-old Regina, a mother in Zambia's Luapula Province, has been waiting anxiously for the final test results that will decide her daughter's future. It is possible that her child may test positive for HIV.Regina's local clinic runs a prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program. By providing both the mother and newborn child with doses of the antiretroviral drug Neviropene, the program can reduce the chance of the virus being transmitted to the child.&quot;During childbirth, they gave me and my baby Neviropene, and because of that I hope that my baby will be HIV-negative,&quot; said Regina.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ministering through Radio and Healthcare]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Ministering_through_Radio_and_Healthcare</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Ministering_through_Radio_and_Healthcare</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:46 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>AIDS</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Ministering_through_Radio_and_Healthcare</guid>
<description><![CDATA[White House official Jay Hein from the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives attended a recent youth rally in Lusaka, Zambia. The two-day rally, called &quot;Purity Beyond Abstinence,&quot; was sponsored by World Hope International and is part of HopeFest, a series of events that educates youth about HIV/AIDS prevention.It also focuses on living a life of purity because it &quot;pleases God's heart.&quot; Hein was impressed by the resolve of the youth as hundreds took a stand for purity. They were also introduced to a yearlong discipleship program in southern Africa called Reach4Life aimed at preventing HIV/AIDS.HCJB Global Voice added weekly Bemba programs in 2000. The programs air on Zambia's Radio One Network, covering the country and much of Malawi, going out via shortwave, AM and FM.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Failing ferry engines and flaring customs guards]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Failing_ferry_engines_and_flaring_customs_guards</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Failing_ferry_engines_and_flaring_customs_guards</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:43 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Failing_ferry_engines_and_flaring_customs_guards</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A little celebration is in order: this morning we got up and ready and were on the road, all in under an hour! We even had time to savour the hot coffee in the new flask (me) and complete a final spin cycle on our washing (Matt). Setting up/putting down the tent is almost like second nature now, and every bag, equipment, piece of paper and even shoes have their own place in Foxy. There is still a lot of gear and equipment (and food) we could get rid of but it is definitely a huge improvement from a week ago.With breakfast on the go (smoked kudu and cream cheese sandwiches, courtesy of deli in Maun), we were off!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Roberts in Zambia: We're Back!]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Roberts_in_Zambia_Were_Back</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Roberts_in_Zambia_Were_Back</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:40 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>People</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Roberts_in_Zambia_Were_Back</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hello dear friends! We're so happy to report that as of today we finally have power and internet again. Praise the Lord! It was an interesting week. Last Tuesday night around 11:00 our power went out, which was very unusual. Power outages are normal, but they usually happen at either 6:00 am, or 6:00 pm and usually last no more than 2 or 3 hours. This time it was out all night and we knew something was wrong. It turns out the transformer for our block blew. Apparently this takes 4 days to fix in Zambia! The power came back on Saturday morning and we are most grateful! During our time without power we had to cook over charcoal as you can see in the pictures. We also ate a lot of PB&amp;J! We lost almost everything in our fridge, so this will be a rough month on the grocery budget, but we're just grateful to have the means to replace what we lost. Many here would not.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Received with all readiness of mind]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Received_with_all_readiness_of_mind</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Received_with_all_readiness_of_mind</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:39 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>People</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Received_with_all_readiness_of_mind</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From last Thursday to Sunday we were in the North West province of Zambia teaching and preaching to the church leadership in the city of Mwinilunga. On the 9 hour drive there - over some very rough roads, I questioned my sanity in wanting to make this trip. However, once arriving and spending time around God's word for a few hours - the long trip became well worth it.The leadership of Mwinilunga all came together for this conference. It was a time of revival. A time of renewal. A time of repentance. Each teaching session and each preaching session seemed to build on itself as if the Spirit of God orchestrated it all. As I looked across the congregation - many had notebooks and pens working overtime to keep up with all they were being taught. It is a real joy to see the joy of the Lord and the commitment of faith in the life of believers!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pick of the Month]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Pick_of_the_Month</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Pick_of_the_Month</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:37 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Music and Television</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Pick_of_the_Month</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Zambian artist, Roby Mathew's CD titled Uncovered has been selected as an Editor's Pick of the Month on Indie-Music.com]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[World Malaria Day a4 the view from Zambia]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=World_Malaria_Day_mdash_the_view_from_Zambia</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=World_Malaria_Day_mdash_the_view_from_Zambia</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:36 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Healthcare and Medical</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=World_Malaria_Day_mdash_the_view_from_Zambia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Friday, April 25 is the first-ever World Malaria Day, commemorating the global effort to control malaria and reduce the toll it takes on individuals, families, and economies in endemic countries. Malaria is a top killer of children in Zambia, where I live and work, but the country is making progress against the disease by making proven malaria prevention and treatment methods available to the people who need them most.A week of World Malaria Day events started today in Zambia, where a nationwide Prayer Night took place this evening in churches across the country. My wife, Anne Jennings, attended and photographed the vigil in Lusaka, where a candlelight procession and choral music filled the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the capital city's largest church. A 920-km cycling race also started today and the week holds many more events to raise awareness about malaria. Watch the ONE Blog and check my journal on for path.org for more all this week.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[$4bn in taxes?]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=4bn_in_taxes</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=4bn_in_taxes</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:30 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=4bn_in_taxes</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Post are reporting that Zambia collected $4bn in taxes last year. Either the author was drunk at the time of writing or Fundanga was drunk when he was being interviewed. I rule out the possibility that both were sober throughout the process. Read more here.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FBC Cleveland and Crayola]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=FBC_Cleveland_and_Crayola</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=FBC_Cleveland_and_Crayola</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:28 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>People</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=FBC_Cleveland_and_Crayola</guid>
<description><![CDATA[s we enjoyed the crayons, it made me realize how unique we all are. From ages 20 months to 29 years of age, we all are created with things we enjoy and God created us all different! As we minister to Zambians, it makes me also see how our world is like a Crayola box. Some of us are bright and unbroken and we are called to love those that live in darkness and are broken. Although we as Christians have our bad days, we are to be light to those around us and to brighten our world!So, what was YOUR favorite crayola crayon color growing up? Leave us a comment and we will match your favorite color with your name!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kuomboka Ceremony]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Kuomboka_Ceremony</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Kuomboka_Ceremony</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:26 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>People</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Kuomboka_Ceremony</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For all of you thinking, ‘jen, aren't you in Africa, why does your blog sound like you are working and doing research in Canada?' to that i would answer, there are always more similarities in the places that i visit than differences, especially in the capital cities. A city is a city. I watch movies in malls and drink coffee. Things are different but also the same. Fried chicken usually tastes better than in Canada, even KFC is different (not that I've eaten KFC in Canada since i was young… but you get the point).Last weekend i attended a traditional ceremony in the western province of Zambia. For those of you who are wondering if i am experiencing your perception of Africa, i am, only sometimes. This traditional ceremony, Kuomboka, is a ceremony for the lozi people in western province. Kuomboka means ‘to get out of water' in Lozi (one of the 72 languages in Zambia but one of the main tribes). It happens at the end of the rainy season when the Litunga (King of the Lozi people) must move from one palace to another as the Zambezi river has flooded the lower palace, Lealui, to the higher palace, Limulunga. Thousands of people flood a town called Mongu for the celebration.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zambia's youth take stand for God's plan]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zambias_youth_take_stand_for_Gods_plan</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zambias_youth_take_stand_for_Gods_plan</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:25 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>AIDS</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zambias_youth_take_stand_for_Gods_plan</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A White House official, Jay Hein, from the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives recently attended a youth rally in Lusaka, Zambia.The rally called &quot;Purity Beyond Abstinence&quot; was sponsored by World Hope International, and it is about more than preventing the contraction and spread of the HIV/AIDS. It also focused on living a life of purity because it pleases God's heart.Many of those youth have likely seen the effects of HIV/AIDS all around them. Every 14 seconds, a child is orphaned because his or her parent dies from the disease.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zambia on the verge of a Dutch disease?]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zambia_on_the_verge_of_a_Dutch_disease</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zambia_on_the_verge_of_a_Dutch_disease</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:24 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zambia_on_the_verge_of_a_Dutch_disease</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The New Zambia blog discusses the recent surge of the local currency. There are fears that this is sign of a Dutch disease: the country's industrial structure could be significantly shifted towards natural resource extraction as exchange rates make other exports impossible. Also, it is hypothesized this would also lead to a loss in remittances (contributions from expatriates) and foreign aid.Zambia is nowadays considered to be a showcase of sound policies. Exchange rate appreciation may be a consequence of this, and it would sad if Zambia would suffer from this. However, there is evidence that foreign aid tends to reward good policy after the fact (Pallage and Robe) and that this is optimal (Isopi and Mattesini). Also, worker remittances are remarkably stable (Buch and Kuckulenz). Not too much to worry about...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[They Have Arrived]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=They_Have_Arrived</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=They_Have_Arrived</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:22 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>People</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=They_Have_Arrived</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Well, I just spoke with Tiff (5pm EST, 11pm local time for her)!!! :) :)They did arrive ok and the flight was good for the most part Tiff said.  She said she didn't really sleep much the first 8-hrs of the flight but the second half she got a good bit of sleep in.  When she called they had just arrived at the Mission house in Lusaka and just got done showering up for the night and all ready to crash. She sounded good but I could tell she was tired and ready for some good sleep (if that is possible).Tomorrow morning they have a 3-1/2hr ride to the safari lodge, which is about half way to Mongu (see map below), and will stop there for two safaris, one on Sunday (land safari) and one on Monday (water safari).Tuesday morning they will continue on to Mongu/Limulunga (see Google Maps image below or search by Lusaka, Zambia) where they will be staying at Melissa's house from Tuesday (4/22) to Monday morning (4/28).]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Iron Like a Lion in... Zambia!]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Iron_Like_a_Lion_in---_Zambia</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Iron_Like_a_Lion_in---_Zambia</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:21 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>People</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Iron_Like_a_Lion_in---_Zambia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here is a picture of Ryan with his Peace Corps Rural Educational Development (RED) team from Eastern Province.  I encourage you to read the &quot;Rob in Zambia&quot; blog, the man in the middle in the red shirt, to learn more about this program.  Ryan and the new RED team members went on a site visit to Eastern Province during training to learn about their new jobs from the current RED members.   On April 25th, Ryan will be promoted from Peace Corps Trainee (PCT) to Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV).  This will be a busy week because prior to the ceremony, all the PCT have to pass several final exams on language, cultural and technical aspects of their assigned job.  Once tests are passed,  the host families are invited for a cultural exchange day.  A huge ceremony will take place on April 25th with Zambian government officials.  The TV station will cover the event.  Ryan is having a traditional African outfit made (note the women are pictured in traditional skirts).  It should be an exciting week and we at home in the USA are very proud of Ryan and his fellow Trainees!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Off to Zambia]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Off_to_Zambia</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Off_to_Zambia</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:44:19 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>People</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Off_to_Zambia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It is 8:40PM Sunday night, April 20th.  Tomorrow afternoon, just after lunch we start our trek to Zambia for 40/40.It'll take a few hours to drive to the capital where we will spend the night.  Then, we get on a plane at 5:30AM on Tuesday and will fly to South Africa and then on to Zambia.40/40 is our regional orientation.  We have mixed emotions about going, but we know it will be a good experience.Pray for us over the next four or five weeks as we go through the program.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Smoke that Thunders from Flying the Falls]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=The_Smoke_that_Thunders_from_Flying_the_Falls</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=The_Smoke_that_Thunders_from_Flying_the_Falls</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:37:37 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Tourism</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=The_Smoke_that_Thunders_from_Flying_the_Falls</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This sequence is taken from HD Microlight Adventure Movie 'flying the falls' over the Victoria Falls in Zambia, the longest unbroken falls in the World! This original soundtrack was written and recorded in Cape Town with the help of many able bodied friends who lent there voices and talents ...for more visit flyingthefalls.com				..]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mugabe's thirst for power brought only starvation and fear]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Mugabes_thirst_for_power_brought_only_starvation_and_fear</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Mugabes_thirst_for_power_brought_only_starvation_and_fear</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:26:52 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Politics and Government</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Mugabes_thirst_for_power_brought_only_starvation_and_fear</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When is a crisis not a crisis? When it is in Zimbabwe.The 14-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit ran almost 10 hours over schedule. A senior Zambian official said the delay was caused by a disagreement among leaders over whether the post-election impasse should be called a crisis.Zambian Foreign Minister Kabinga Pande told reporters after the 13-hour summit: &quot;It is not a crisis at all.&quot;Thabo Mbeki, president of Zimbabwe's powerful neighbour South Africa, said after meeting Mugabe en route to the summit there was no crisis.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Silembe, Zambia]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Silembe_Zambia</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Silembe_Zambia</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:26:51 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>People</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Silembe_Zambia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The iron gates and metal doors were not ready on Saturday due to Zesco (the local power company) outages. I felt I needed to be on site to check the cooking grill work and at the same time deliver a load of materials. Comrade is the one working on the grill and he took off Friday, so he had only done a little by Saturday morning. I bought a load of cement and rebar. The brick layers should be able to go straight from the plaster to the foundation of the 3rd house. Not much more in terms of materials are needed to get the 3rd house to roof level.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zambia Communications Fund]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zambia_Communications_Fund</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zambia_Communications_Fund</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:26:46 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>ICT</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zambia_Communications_Fund</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Zambia's community radio stations have been identified as an important source of information for rural communities across the vast country, APA learnt here Tuesday.To enhance their operations, therefore, the country's ministry of information and broadcasting has announced that it would soon set up a fund to assist more local communities establish the radio stations in their areas, said the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Emmanuel Nyirenda.He added that the government had been prompted to make the move because it had seen the operational problems most of the radio stations faced during their operations.This government announcement is a major shift from the previous tight control and stringent requirements the government had insisted on before allowing a community radio station to begin operating.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Luiri Gold Increases Gold Resource in Zambia]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Luiri_Gold_Increases_Gold_Resource_in_Zambia</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Luiri_Gold_Increases_Gold_Resource_in_Zambia</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:26:44 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Mining</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Luiri_Gold_Increases_Gold_Resource_in_Zambia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Luiri Gold Limited is pleased to announce that it has finalized its resource updates resulting from the 9,244m diamond drilling programme recently completed at the Luiri Hills Project (Dunrobin and Matala deposits) in Zambia. The new mineral resource estimates show a significant increase in gold ounces with the total inferred mineral resource increasing from 378,000 ounces to 656,000 ounces (+74%) and the total indicated mineral resource increasing from 117,000 ounces to 144,000 ounces (+23%). These mineral resource ounces are contained in 7.1 million tonnes at 2.9 Au g/t for the inferred category and 2.2 million tonnes at 2.1 Au g/t for the indicated category.&quot;The results of the new resource estimates have again confirmed that the Luiri Hill Project has the potential to be a substantial gold project,&quot; commented Mike Sperinck, President and CEO of Luiri Gold. &quot;Furthermore, the current resources at the project are from only the first two targets that we have drilled. We have just completed another plus 9,000m exploratory RC drilling programme on six other targets close to the Matala and Dunrobin deposits and are currently waiting on the assay results.&quot;]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zesco to Complete Zambia Fiber Backbone]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zesco_to_Complete_Zambia_Fiber_Backbone</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zesco_to_Complete_Zambia_Fiber_Backbone</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:26:43 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Construction</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zesco_to_Complete_Zambia_Fiber_Backbone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Zambia Electricity Supply Corp. (Zesco) is set to invest US$43 million to start construction on the second phase of Zambia's fiber-optic backbone network, built to provide connections with Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and countries in Europe.The cable system, designed to offer a reliable telecommunications system for mobile, fixed and Internet technology, will cover 4,000 kilometers and will connect to other cables under the Indian Ocean.Zesco's senior marketing and public relations manager, Monica Chisela, said the construction of the second phase of the cable will start in the third quarter. Zesco is a government-run power utility company and is installing the fiber cables on its power lines across the country.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Last Rest Day in Zambia]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Last_Rest_Day_in_Zambia</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Last_Rest_Day_in_Zambia</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:34:04 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>People</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Last_Rest_Day_in_Zambia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Today I returned to the camp site to put up my tent for another night of camping. It was a difficult thing to do after four nights of living in &quot;civilization&quot;...bath tubs, showers , surround sound TV etc. We have five days of riding ahead before our next rest day in Mann Botswana..I am sure I can make it until then...mind over matter I guess is the way to go :-)We had a wonderful day yesterday. We went to Chobe National Park for a river cruise and and game drive. To say it was amazing would be an understatement. we were so close to the elephants that we could have reached out to touch them...we actually felt the flapping of the elephants ears. We were in an open air vehicle which made it so wonderful. To see the big animals that close...the giraffes were the same as were all the other ones we saw.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Malaria Expert Job in Zambia]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Malaria_Expert_Job_in_Zambia</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Malaria_Expert_Job_in_Zambia</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:47:34 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Healthcare and Medical</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Malaria_Expert_Job_in_Zambia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Abt Associates seeks a Malaria Expert in Zambia. The Senior Associate/ Malaria Expert - Indoor Residual Spray Specialist provides technical assistance and guidance to the National Malaria Control Centre (NMCC) on programmatic and scientific issues in support of the expanded national Indoor Residual Spray (IRS) Program.Specific responsibilities include the following: Provide national and district level support to planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of the IRS Program. Ensure compliance with environmental safety procedures, as outlined in the USAID Supplemental Environmental Assessment for support to the Zambia IRS activities. Provide technical support to the NMCC and other stakeholders on IRS-related applied research agenda and activities. Document and publish in national, regional, and international sources the experience, scientific findings, and lessons learned from the IRS Program. Support the strengthening of IRS-related communication and liaison between NMCC/MoH and other stakeholders, including the Environmental Council of Zambia, USAID/Lusaka, WHO, and other Roll Back Malaria partners, including Malaria Control and Evaluation Partners in Africa (MACEPA). As necessary and required, provide technical support to the malaria vector control-related activities of the HSSP and MoH Reproductive Health and Child Health Units. Directly supervise the work of the USAID-financed IRS Assistance Team, including the Logistics Support Officer, IRS Technical Officer, and the Information Officer. Participate in, and contribute to, the HSSP's management activities and its overall support to the Zambia Health Sector.REQUIREMENTS: Master's Degree (minimum), or a Doctoral Degree (preferred), in Medical entomology, Epidemiology, or other relevant related discipline. Master's Degree (13­15) years of experience or Doctorate (8­10) years of experience working in development assistance projects in malaria control programs, specifically in integrated vector control and IRS. Additional training or experience in tropical medicine, malariology, or parasitology. Knowledge and experience of applied research, and proven record of accomplishment in documenting project experiences and publishing the information in national, regional, and international formats. Highly effective management skills to assure timely, well-coordinated implementation. Ability to provide strategic leadership and technical guidance to large, complex programs.To Apply: If interested, please e-mail CV to: IntlRecruit@abtassoc.com]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[1st Quarter 2008 Zambia Report]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=1st_Quarter_2008_Zambia_Report</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=1st_Quarter_2008_Zambia_Report</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:47:30 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Environment</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=1st_Quarter_2008_Zambia_Report</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The report is based on the activities planned, persued and implemented in the third quarter of 2007. The following were the planned activities of the Quarter.    * Sensitization, Demonstration and Installation of water purifier at Namafulu and Malambo communities.    * Conduct supportive visits to all 22 project areas    * Train Eight (8) water committees on Project Management and Key components to Sustainability.    * Hold meetings with stakeholders in the water sector.    * Attend to administrative issues.    * Writing the Role and Function of the Board.Generally, NLIZ has performed very well and has made a lot of progress in meeting the above planned activities. Good community leadership, technical know-how and accurate up-to-date information and resources both financial and human created commitment and balanced responses needed during the implementation period.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CBU Tract Distribution]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=CBU_Tract_Distribution</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=CBU_Tract_Distribution</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:47:28 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Aid and Assistance</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=CBU_Tract_Distribution</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The past few weeks we've been focusing our evangelistic efforts at the Copperbelt University. We have a few men in our church attending this college so it makes it easier as we move around. Many of the students are Jehovah's Witnesses, seeking to be known as great intellects of the Bible. The society uses its scholastic charm to woo the more educated into thinking that their doctrine is a more advanced and true belief. What they consider as studying the Word of God, is in truth, nothing more then being imprinted and cloned with false doctrine by the society. The Kingdom hall that resides in our neighborhood is home to a few hundred men and women from around Kitwe. Many other CBU students don't go to church at all. They use the excuse of studying for a test to justify their lack of spiritual interest. With God's help we can reach these students with the Gospel.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Terry Bivens-Fry Trip Report 2007]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Terry_Bivens-Fry_Trip_Report_2007</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Terry_Bivens-Fry_Trip_Report_2007</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:47:27 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Business</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Terry_Bivens-Fry_Trip_Report_2007</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Terry Bivens-Fry, staff member and Zambia Country Coordinator, spent the month of May in Zambia.  Her job was to work with the Zambian staff in country on the water purification ministry.  This is Terry's 6th year working with water purification in Zambia.  One of the first men she trained on the water purifier six years ago, Lameck Siamalambo, is now the Country Director for New Life Zambia.The staff of three, Lameck , Cleanwell Kabunda (Project Manager) and Arnold Zobolo (Training Coordinator) work diligently in central and southern Zambia to install purifiers along with different aspects of community development within the urban and  rural communities and villages. Communities that need and want safe water fill out an application at the New Life Zambia office, form a water committee with a contact person and arrange a site evaluation.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A flawed vision for Zambia?]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=A_flawed_vision_for_Zambia</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=A_flawed_vision_for_Zambia</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:52:59 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>People</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=A_flawed_vision_for_Zambia</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Presidential hopeful Professor Chirwa has a vision for Zambia in the 21st century. It includes the following:    &quot;When I am elected, I will re-introduce Zambia Airways which was sold for no prudent reason by the prior government. Zambia Airways was not making any loses at the time of the sale...I have already initiated talks with Sir Richard Branson Fake-Steve-Jobs-Book-Review , the owner of Virgin Airlines, in regards to forming a partnership to create a new national airline for Zambia to and bring back Zambia Airways&quot;Presumably the Prof wants to directly challenge Zambian Airways? Instead of looking back to what Zambia Airways was, why don't we look at what Zambian Airways and others (e.g. Zambia Skyways) in a properly supported aviation sector. It strikes me that the Prof's vision is not for the 21st century. It appears to be a vision of a bygone age. Even the current government has had the sense to realise that the pursuit of a national airline with some form of tax payers money involved is not a way forward. It is backward.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Out to Africa - Transport in Zambia (part 5)]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Out_to_Africa_-_Transport_in_Zambia_part_5</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Out_to_Africa_-_Transport_in_Zambia_part_5</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:52:58 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Transport</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Out_to_Africa_-_Transport_in_Zambia_part_5</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This morning we formulated a list of the people I want to meet over the next couple of weeks. It includes government officials, training providers and transport operators from various modes. Some of them will respond best if I just call into their offices; others prefer a couple of days' notice. I plan to ask everybody open questions about their opinions and demands of CILT.The currency here is hard to equate. One pound sterling is about 7,200 Zambian Kwacha, so I feel like a millionaire with my purse full of huge notes. CILT has a handful of corporate members who each pay a subscription of about five million Kwacha. I started trying to imagine companies paying five million pounds for membership of CILT(UK) before I realised it's more like 700 pounds. That's still expensive in anyone's currency though, and the important question I want to answer is what value they expect for their money.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Out to Africa - Transport in Zambia (part 2)]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Out_to_Africa_-_Transport_in_Zambia_part_2</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Out_to_Africa_-_Transport_in_Zambia_part_2</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:52:56 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Transport</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Out_to_Africa_-_Transport_in_Zambia_part_2</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is the second of a series of blog postings from Clare Bottle, who will be telling us about her travels in Zambia - supported by transport charity Transaid - to see what the transport industry is like out there:Today was a series of journeys and goodbyes. Thank you to my lovely husband for dropping me off at Warrington Bank Quay railway station to take the train to Euston (Virgin Pendolino, of course). It was drizzling in London, but that's nothing compared to the rainy season in Zambia, so I shrugged it off and nipped over the road into the Transaid office to say my final farewells to Chantelle and Erin. London Underground's Northern and Piccadilly lines were both uneventful. Ed and Nick met me for lunch in London (Happy Birthday Ed!).My final goodbye was from my son, Alex, who had come all the way to Heathrow with me to see me off. Last, but not least, thank you to BA and BAA whose schedule to serve African destinations from Terminal 5 doesn't come into effect until the end of April. Terminal 4 was operating like clockwork so Friday 28th March ended with me and all my luggage departing on the same plane, en route for Lusaka...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Spring Break from Hell]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Spring_Break_from_Hell</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Spring_Break_from_Hell</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:52:55 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>People</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Spring_Break_from_Hell</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oh my god! Where to begin… So, about a week or two ago, as some of you know, I was preparing for travels. During my packing I get a knock at my door. It was one of my fellow teachers with a sullen look on her face. It turns out that my best friend for a year and a half died in the night of malaria. Now Peace Corps told us this would happen and that sometimes people that you meet would pass away during the time you were here, but I never thought it would happen to me. Ok, so like other volunteers, I've had the experience of villagers dying and even a student. But my best friend!? It seemed so unfair and I still don't know what to think about it. I braced myself for death around me, but doesn't mean I don't like it. He was the academic master of my school. He was recently married with a newborn child and had the most promise out of any of my Tanzanian teacher friends. We were talking about his university plans this year and our lives in general. But now he's gone and it opens up this void where things I wanted to do I can't.So another sad part about all this was that I wanted to stay around for the funeral and procession, because it would be the first funeral in Africa that would actually mean something to me, but I was leaving to Zambia for Easter Holiday (Spring Break) a few days later. So unfortunately, and it pained me to do so, I gave all the condolensces I could but sadly went on my way.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Zambia Migration &amp; Remittances]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zambia_Migration__Remittances</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zambia_Migration__Remittances</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:52:54 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Economy</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Zambia_Migration__Remittances</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An interesting fact sheet on migration and remittances.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Prostitution Pledge or Zambiaa4s Women and Girls]]></title>
<link>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Prostitution_Pledge_or_Zambiarsquos_Women_and_Girls</link>
<comments>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Prostitution_Pledge_or_Zambiarsquos_Women_and_Girls</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:52:53 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zambia</dc:creator>
<category>Women</category>
<guid>http://www.memeza.com/story.php?title=Prostitution_Pledge_or_Zambiarsquos_Women_and_Girls</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As Congress continues to move forward with PEPFAR reauthorization, there are a number of things that seem to have been unofficially declared &quot;off the table.&quot; Perhaps foremost among these is the so-called &quot;prostitution pledge.&quot; This pledge, which every PEPFAR prevention grantee is required to sign, is a declaration of the group's condemnation of prostitution. Even - or especially - groups working with women engaged in commercial sex work are required to sign the pledge as a condition of doing their work.I've spent the past week in Zambia, attempting to understand the implications of our country's HIV assistance policy for actual implementation here in one of the world's poorest countries. Last night, I spent the evening doing what every Washington ideologue who supports the &quot;prostitution pledge&quot; should be required to do-I walked through the main street area and hung out in the bars in a community called Kafue, just 50 kilometers outside of the Zambian capital of Lusaka.]]></description>
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