Author: hmelton

Often, when meeting a Zambian, certain topics come up. How many children do I have? What is the weather like in the US? Sometimes I get the feeling that they think the weather is all the same in the whole country, and when I try to answer, we get tangled up in a simple difference.… Continue reading Rain

Before coming here, I knew the Gregersens had Internet because they posted their blog regularly. I also knew they had a monthly bandwidth budget, so I was expecting there to be limitations. It turns out that there are a number of internet solutions here, all with limitations (of course). In their front yard they have… Continue reading Internet at Namwianga

I’ve had four of them so far, and another scheduled for this evening. From 8 to 18 students arrive in the dark to come sit around the table on the veranda and look at me expectantly. I have to wonder what they actually expect to hear from me. Of the 50 or so students that… Continue reading Lessons on the Veranda