For all of us international volunteers serving here in Africa with Hands at Work, maintaining our blogs is such an important way for us to communicate with family, friends and supporters from back home and update them on what’s been happening here in Africa. I think we can all agree, however, that sometimes writing a blog post can seem like a bit of a burden. So, to switch things up a bit, this month a few of us have decided to do a blog exchange! Basically, you write a blog for someone. Someone else writes your blog for you. Simple

Well, I can honestly say I have never been on a holiday like that before.  As Melissa said something similar to; we have been from the slums of Zambia to the top of Table Mountain, Cape Town.  Africa had never been on my list of places to go and see.  But we went and we saw. Our first visit to community, just out of a town in Zambia was very challenging for me.  Honestly I am a bit of a germaphobic, so to be swamped by what felt like 100’s of children was very overwhelming.  The first thing I wanted

It’s been a heavy week.  There is no denying that.  It started with news that one of our children in one of our closer communities passed away.  She would have been turning 13 years old this year.  She was born with HIV, not even having a chance in life, and died of an associated illness.  It’s one of those moments where I got angry and sad reflecting on how unfair life can be.  We also found out some of the youth leaders we have been raising up in a few of our communities, have fallen back into destructive patterns of