Elizabeth & Bean's Day 3

After a brief power outage, we ate breakfast at 830. once again the bus was late, but this allowed us to catch up on missed journals and pick up some playing cards for the orphanage. by 1030 we were on our way to the local mall to exchange our money for kwache(1$ for 5000). we then spent a fair amount of time at the Kabwata cultural center. we used our bargaining skills to buy small village made trinkets. each vender had their crafts set up in traditional wooden/straw huts. they were desperate even for the few dollars, and a few of us traded basic supplies such as tissues and chapstick. bean gave up a box of cookies, and elizabeth traded a pair of clean old socks.
by now it was lunch and we ate burgers at a local fastfood chain. we sighted zambia's most famous heavy weight boxer, while the kf co-founder, florence, went to buy fruit for the orphans at Mother Theresa Orphange.
we then headed of in the bus. we arrived to singing children of all ages. most of kids have lost their parents to hiv/ aids. the complex was nicer than expected with several well kept building, and full vegtable and flower gardens. there was a cute soccer pitch and playground out front. we visted the baby ward first, where each infant was eager for any connection. they were all dressed in donated clothes, sitting peacefully in matching metal cribs. We held numerous babies; many of the babies cried as we set them down. as we passed they would reach up their hands. we were surpreised by the high amount of flys. we continued our tour to the terminallt ill wards. here we visted both the female and male sections, in which they both the healthy sung and danced for us. we returned to the cildren were the groups split between playing with the toddlers while some of us tended to the babies. all of this was a touching experince.
We are now off after a short stop at the internet cafe back to Chalo Trust For dinner... more soon

Elizabeth & Bean