Updates

  The first two weeks of our stay were mainly focussed on becoming acquainted with Zambia and her citizens. The culture shock was bigger than we expected. A major part of the population lives in so called ‘’informal settlements’’ in which the access to basic needs is poor. There is no sewerage, no waste collection and a bad infrastructure. However, the Zambian population is very friendly and…

First, we finished the research to the needs and demands of the users of the MultiPurpose Centre in Chazanga. We went to the plot to interview these users. Thereafter, we made the first sketches of the design. Last week, we made a final design. The Multipurpose Centre contains a: supermarket, education, small shops and recreation. De next days we will finish the design by working together with an…

After we finished the design of the Multipurpose Centre, we wanted to inform the residents of Chazanga about the plan to build the Multipurpose Centre in their 'informal settlement'. That's why we have made a billboard. Today we will put the billboard at the plot. This billboard serves the purpose of advertisement, for those who are interested in to hiring the space for shops. However, our S4S…

We are now busy with building the Eco Wash. After we bought all the building materials, we started with the foundation 2 days ago. After we finished pouring the concrete, we faced a setback. There was a waterpipe under the foundation, so we were not allowed to finish the building on this spot. We started over on another spot, so we had some delay. Not a big problem, if everything will be working…

Today we placed the Billboard for the Multipurpose Centre on the plot in Chazanga. This is to inform the people of Chazanga that the Multipurpose Centre will be build and to advertise that there is the opportunity to start your own shop. We immediately got the attention of the residents, they came to help and asked questions. We are now very busy with building the prototype of the Eco Wash. We…

Today, on 25 of januari, was our last day in Lusaka. This was also the day that we finished the Eco Wash. We are very happy that we finished it and that it is working well.  We opened the Eco Wash with the people of the organization, they were very happy and surprised with the result.  

After a long journey from Lusaka to Amsterdam, we arrived Holland safely. We were happy to see our family again. On friday, we gave our presentation about our project in Zambia, with the other participants of the minor International Development & Entrepreneurship. It was very interesting to listen to all the other stories and see what they have done. If you are interested in our presentation, you…