We’re building something. For years people asked “what’s new” as though new was the symbol of success. We would hold our breaths and be polite, biting back what we wanted to say. That sometimes enough is enough. Going deeper has always been our mission. We sit beside the river at…
Ten years on and the tale just gets more exciting! Our particular tale, the Royal Chundu story, is inextricably linked to its storytellers ~ the Royal Chundu family. The people of Zambia, of the Zambezi. Our story started in 2010, but it has been in the making for generations, through…
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“The Zambezi River Gave Me a New Life” ~ A Zambian Story by a Zambian Writer
An inspiring new voice from the Zambezi… We’ve been working with local seamstress, Mrs Aggie Kalota for some time. Many of us are wearing her dresses as you sit here reading these words… We’ve known the great skill she has with the needle and Chitenge cloth, we’ve seen her magic…
Let’s go back in time for a moment… 50 years ago, we ventured to the moon for the very first time and Martin Luther King Jr. shared his great dream. 40 years ago, Grease was the word and CNN was born. 30 years ago, Nelson Mandela was released after 27…
“One never knows how what one needs will show up. And this week it did in the form of the most generous people that I know,” our guest, Melony Van Der Merwe wrote recently, after her stay on our riverbank. Living in Florida, but South African-born, Melony’s heart keeps calling her back to…
There’s something about the touch of a child’s hand in your hand. The gentle embrace of a life so new and fragile. We arrived on the riverbank of the Malombo village by boat and the faces of the children and grandchildren of the families in the village were the first…