Hygiene Training in Twapia
by Diane Foss

“Come, we want to show you where we get our water.” I was in Twapia (pop.65,000), sitting on a bamboo mat in the front yard of a family who had welcomed us for three days of training. The SHIP hygiene trainers had scheduled several days of training in this neighborhood to address some of the major issues the people deal with on a day to day basis.

The workshop began with a challenge from the scripture Isaiah 60:1-3. Obby, a SHIP hygiene trainer, challenged everyone to let the Glory of the Lord shine through them.

After prayer, Stella, a SHIP hygiene trainer who lives in Twapia began to facilitate lessons on hygiene. She encouraged the attendees and succeeded in getting good participation from the community members. She was able to understand what the people in this neighborhood knew about hygiene, and what some of their regular practices are, as well as identifying some of their biggest problems. This helped her choose which lessons to facilitate in the coming weeks.

The community members made it clear that water is a big problem in this part of Twapia. The local water pump is not working, and the kiosk, where a government agent usually sells water, had a pipe stolen in February so it is non-operational. Some people buy their water from a neighbor who owns a hand dug well and the rest go to the local stream.

“Come, we want to show you where we get our water.” We walked about 3/4 of a mile, and arrived at a muddy pond. “This is where we get our water and we bathe.” I couldn’t imagine carrying water from there back to the community, nor could I imagine using the water for drinking, cooking, and bathing.

We left that day with grateful hearts. Grateful that the community was willing to come to the trainings. Grateful that the trainers will teach the community how to make the water that they have safe to drink. Grateful for the impact SHIP is having in changing their lives, one drop at a time!

Diane, a Lifewater trainer & a SHIP USA board member, came to Zambia this June to strengthen and mentor our hygiene and sanitation teams.

Twapia Hygiene Training

Twapia water source

A contaminated water source in Twapia

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Clean Water Leads to Good News in George

By Trinity Siisii (SHIP Zambia Team Member)

Ms. Deria Chibuyeof house #B26 in the George compound, thanked Seeds of Hope International Partnerships, donors and management for giving her a bio-sand filter (installed on January 21, 2008) which has brought great change in her life and family at large.

During our monitoring and evaluation we found that Deria was using the filter everyday and enjoys drinking water from the bio-sand filter. She further said that before the filter was installed, her entire family was suffering from running stomach (diarrhea), but after she received the filter all the symptoms were gone; her family no longer suffers from running stomach and other water related diseases.

While checking the filter we noticed that Deria’s mother, Anna Chibuye (pictured above), was suffering from a recent stroke. We asked her about the bio-sand filter and she said she enjoys having water from the filter unlike any other source. Whenever she visits her family members, she would rather carry her own five liter container with water from a filter than drinking water that she finds there. She said the water from the sand filter tastes good and it’s cool.

After finding out that they were using the filter successfully we encouraged them to continue using it and also asked if we could pray for Anna and she agreed. We also shared the love of Christ (John 3:16) with her and she received Christ as her Lord and Savior. We prayed together and trusted God for her healing!!

She encouraged us to continue with the good work.

About George…

George compound is located on the outskirts of Ndola and is the home to more than 1,700 people. It was one of the first places that SHIP began working in 2003. We initially restored viable water sources by repairing the broken hand pumps of several existing wells. These repairs allowed the people to stop drinking contaminated water from shallow hand dug wells which were causing disease. Since then we have been able to drill two new wells, provide bio-sand filters to many families, and conduct ongoing hygiene and sanitation trainings. The story on the right shows how one family in this community has been impacted by the love of God through the work of SHIP.

Alick test the biosand filter

Bio-sand filter technician, Alick, tests the Chibuye's filter to make sure it is still working effectively.

Cycle of Hope for Africa!!!

Seeds of Hope needs your support for our first Cycle of Hope bike ride fundraising event on November 14th in San Luis Obispo. We need lots of sponsorships, donations, participants, and volunteers to make this event a success. Mark your calendars for November 14th and come out and support the fight against poverty and disease in Africa! Contact the SHIP Office to see how you can get involved!

Thank You Summer Teams and Volunteers!

Seeds of Hope would like to thank all the individuals and groups who have joined us this summer in Zambia. It is such a blessing to receive the help of skilled and gifted people who are dedicated to improving the lives of others.

Kassy Taylor, Cassie Young, Bryan Donahue, Kenner Vineyard, Boise Vineyard, Columbus Vineyard, Diane Foss, Ray Newmeyer, Holly Edwards, Patrick Miller, Ginny & Terry Steinhoff, Greg Bachman, Dan Flory, Anna Schauer, David Mann, Gersen & Brittany Schuller, Josh Brown, Tal and Adele Woolsey, Melanie Jones, Cate Cameron, Chris Bajkiewicz, and Mountainbrook Community Church ZM staff at George

If you are interested in joining us in Zambia please visit our website for opportunities to serve! We need people who are experts and specialists in drilling, water technologies and sciences, IT, accounting, agriculture, hygiene & sanitation, health, and other areas that are willing to help in Zambia.

Partners Working Together for Change!

David Mann Esther Banda, the SHIP water laboratory specialist, thanking David for the microscopes and equipment.

An incubator, donated by Cal Poly, being loaded into our seatrain container by volunteers.

Mountainbrook Community Churchvolunteers helping pack and load the container for shipment.

Our friend and supporter David Mann has just returned from visiting SHIP in Zambia. He visited local Zambian schools to implement a trial of his grant winning elementary curriculum about bio-sand filtration.

David trained the hygiene teams in Ndola and Lusaka, enabling them to teach and implement the curriculum. It is proving to be a wonderful visual presentation about the importance of clean water and how it is a vital step in stopping the downward spiral of poverty. His curriculum is available on our website.

We are also grateful for David’s assistance in improving our water laboratory in Ndola. Coordinating with our agriculture partner, Cal Poly University, he was able to get microscopes and laboratory supplies donated. These items are on their way to Zambia aboard our seatrain container. The container also contains plastic HydrAid bio-sand filters, and other donations such as school supplies, uniforms, agriculture tools, sewing materials, and much more. We want to thank our supporters who donated items, and our partner Mountainbrook Community Church, who over the last several months, has generously donated their time to collect, catalog, and load the seatrain container. We would like to especially thank Bobby deLancellotti who coordinated and lead this effort.

It takes many people working together to create change and we are so grateful for our partners who make all we do possible!

David Mann training the Lusaka hygiene team how to teach the bio-sand filtration curriculum.

Please Pray...

… for Anna Chibye (see article on next page) that God may totally heal her of the stroke she had experienced and that God may meet her needs according to His riches in glory. – SHIP Zambia Staff
… for the George Compound. It is a place where people are involved in illegal beer brewing and drinking, which they begin as early as 6:00 am. We pray that the people there will follow Jesus and find things that will transform their lives, keep them busy, and begin to develop their lives and the community they live in. – SHIP Zambia Staff
… that God will provide the necessary funds for SHIP to continue to grow and save more lives.
… for the health and well-being of the Schauer family as they are serving in Zambia.
… for the success of the Cycle of Hope for Africa Fundraiser SHIP is hosting in November. Details coming soon!

This is a little girl living in George. In order to buy food to eat, she does not go to school because she has to help her mother (Photo on the right)brew illegal beer called “Shake Shake.”