Hello everyone
My apologies for the lack of updates in the past year. Some of you will have been keeping up to date through the SPF Facebook Pages, the blog on our new web site and some personal email updates.
I moved to Zambia full time in January 2011 and the year was very busy. We had four teams from Canada and several individuals - 49 people in total - visiting and working on our Zambia Isaiah Project doing community development. Our major achievements during the year were :
- Completion of a maternity ward at the health center (see photo above)
- Starting the construction of a new classroom block at a community school (completion April 2012)
- Repairing four well pumps so that people could have clean water again
- Introducing the conservation farming method to the community to improve crop yields and food security
- Implementing income generating activities amongst several community groups, mostly women
- Many meaningful relationships build between the visitors and people in the community
I am looking forward to sharing details of some of these projects in the coming weeks.
Being here full time has made a huge difference to the effectiveness of all our programs as it has meant better management of projects and more consistency. I am also able to react faster to new opportunities that arise and integrate them into our work.
As always - thank you so much for your support of SPF and the work that we do. Every dollar makes a difference and every prayer or good wish encourages me to keep on going.
Sincerely, Gordon