BYU Muzungus in Zambia

We have seen some pretty incredible things with almost 2 full weeks of going out on home visits here in Livingstone. The way it is set up we split up into 3 groups and each visits a different village or township. Every day we go to a different village and so in one week African impact sends people to 15 different villages/clinics in this area. It's pretty incredible the reach that they are able to have. A typical morning in home based care starts with us getting picked up in the "Muzungu Bus" as it has been named which means "white man-bus" as the little kids shout it from the streets when we drive by their homes or schools. Then we drive anywhere from 5-30 minutes away where we meet out caregivers. The caregivers are people who are familiar with the village and the people who we need to visit. We have a record for each area but they are able to translate and make sure what we tell the patients gets communicated correctly. They are super helpful as their are n

WE ARE HERE! And what a trek it was to get here, over 50 hours of traveling. When it's been 3 days since you have slept in any type of bed you are more than ready for it. But once we finally got here it was all worth it! We got settled at the backpacking lodge today and everyone has been super nice. We spent most of the day doing trainings and learning more about African Impact. The program directors are super great and I can tell that they are just wanting to make a difference here in Livingstone. I am really impressed by the volunteers that we have met, they are very committed to what we are doing here. We will be working as part of the medical project here. African Impact has 8-10 different projects and we will be doing medical in the morning and a variety of community projects in the afternoon. I am excited to go out tomorrow! We will be going to one of the villages to the community farm area to play sports with the kids after school gets out for the elementary kids! Should be