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 […]
Naomi – helping others
Sunday 11 October was International Day of the Girl Child and we would like to celebrate it by asking Naomi, one of our current female students, to tell about a time when she helped others. Naomi doesn’t come from an affluent family and has few resources at her disposal, but she has always had a […]
Thando has just completed a virtual internship for FidusFi
It was the last day of May and as I lay down on my single bed, I could not help but ponder the fact that I had spent over four weeks locked-up in a musty yet oddly comfortable room. Knowing that I would begin my long-awaited internship with FidusFi the next day filled me with […]
AND THOMAS IS OFF TO ASHOKA… reloaded
Thomas Lifuti (class of 2019) tells of his initial experiences of Ashoka University Apart from all the days in Week 0 (or O-Week) beginning at 9 AM IST with hour-long sessions, no day was the same as any of the previous ones. 9 AM IST is 5:30 AM CAT. At this time of my ‘night’, […]