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In Edwin Mbewe’s second blog, he talks about the extent to which understanding our past is important in informing our current and future. Firstly, I am very thankful to Our Moon Education and the teachers from Ecolint for giving us the opportunity to do the reflective essays. In particular, I learnt about the format of […]
Edwin – an interview with Sarah Franklin
With few pharmaceutical research firms in Africa, we have relied on US help over the last few years. However, we have all the natural resources that we need in Africa to carry out the research. It’s just up to us to reach out to nature to discover the drugs. Favourite Subjects: Chemistry, Physics and Biology. […]
Solving global challenges: the nexus between science and human behaviour
Edwin Mbewe writes the first of his blog series I’ve always been interested in science, and its undeniable impact it has had since the beginning of time. From the discovery of Penicillin to that of the Higgs Boson, science has always taught us through experimentation, solved our problems via producing substances, and suggested the future […]
Introducing our new blogger, Edwin Mbewe
I would like to introduce you to Edwin who will be writing a weekly blog for us. Edwin is one of Our Moon’s students. He has recently completed the part of our programme on site and returned home while completing his university applications and awaiting his results. Always active and always keen to express his […]
Spotlight on Lute – combining love of arts, desire to improve the lives of Zambian women and the sciences
Lute comes from an educated family in Zambia where her family were relatively comfortably off. Suddenly, five years ago, the government decided that every Zambian over 55 would have to retire as the country was facing economic devastation. For the same reason, the government couldn’t afford to pay out pensions to its pensioners. This plunged […]
Spotlight on our student: Andrew
Andrew comes from Joseph, Petauke District, a rural area of Zambia. He was brought up to expect to take over his father’s farm. School was unimportant and he only went occasionally so that he could learn to read enough that he would be able to read a letter to a wife. All that changed when […]