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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Mobilize me: My week with Royce

Day 1) "Wow" I thought, I had just arrived and I had never been anywhere like this before. It was barren, except for the trees that were there were on the horizon and a few small huts nearby. I wanted to see everything there was to be seen but it was already late so she showed me my bed, a blanket on the ground. 

 Day 2)  She showed me the markets and introduced me to some of her friends and then we had lunch, a bowl of this oatmealy stuff. The food there was so different from what we eat. After lunch we played soccer with the village kids and an old semi-deflated ball. The kids beat us so badly but it was super fun. 

Day 3)  We went off to the market were there was a lot of small cute shops. I was surprised with how many people Royce knew. After lunch Royce had to go treat some patients, she had 5 patients and she rode her bike to all of their houses or hospitals. 


Day 4) When we woke up she had some early-in-the-morning patients and after that we went to meet her friends. A lot of them did not have bikes, but most of them had stores. 



Day 5) On my last day she visited one patient and them I packed up my stuff, said good bye and left.



Mobilize me: the film

  

Royce is a caretaker in Zambia. Before owning a bicycle, Royce would walk 7km a day to visit her four patients. Now, she can visit 18 patients in a single day.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Mobilize Me: Zambia Language & Currency


“How is your day going?” = Mwatandala shani? or “Mwabomba shani?” 
I love you” can be translated as “Nalikutemwa (singular) / Nalimutemwa (plural)“ 

  • Father = Tata
  • Mother = Mayo 
  • “Welcome to Zambia!”  = “Mwaiseni ku Zambia! 
  • “You are welcome” = Awe, cilifye, mukwai (“No, It’s ok”)
  • “He is sick” = Mûlwele (s), Bâlwele (pl.)
  • NoAwe/ ala/ iyô
    How are you?Mulishani?
    What is your name?Ishina lyenu nimwe bani?
    My name isIshina lyandi nine
    Goodbye (I'm going) Naya
      
  • $1 =  5.50500 ZMW 
  • $5 = 27.5250 ZMW 
  • A Zimbabwe 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 1 
  • $10 = 55.0500 ZMW 
  • $20 = 110.100 ZMW 
  • $100 = 550.500 ZMW   











Mobilize Me: Chibombo District, Zambia


  Royce lives in Chibombo District, Zambia, it's dry with very little trees there.