Unwelcome visitor

This wee beastie turned up last week.  About 6 inches long and feasting on our veg...

New class for Amos

Amos was recently asked by some of the women he reads with, if he could also teach their children.  Some of the children are not in school, others just come along for some extra help.
Here they are having a lesson outside the house. 
The reading of all of them has improved markedly in the weeks that they have been coming.

Rain, or the lack of it..

This is Choma Dam, one of two reservoirs serving Choma.  The water should be almost up to the tree line at this time of year, this picture looks as if we are just coming to the end of the dry season, not the end of the wet season. 
It is so dry that there are people in what should be the middle of the lake collecting sand for building!
This means that there will be a distinct lack of water here this year - for washing and cooking and drinking.  Already gardens have been abandoned for lack of water.

This week we have had a few days of useful rain.  However, for the harvest this is too little too late.  It will however, help to fill some of the wells used for washing and veg watering.