In this blog, Catherine talks about her passion for ensuring the future of our planet. She describes eloquently how her own health awakened her to not only the beauty of trees, but their health benefits, nutrition and, ultimately, their role in the world. Photo credits: Malama Mushitu Nature’s love towards humanity is unconditional. It stretches […]
My first time writing an academic paper
Racheal writes here about her daunting experience of writing a research paper at Our Moon. I so admire Racheal; although she found writing difficult, she would never give up. Even writing this blog is further evidence of her tenacity. I would read PDF documents and wonder what it took to be able to write and […]
Keith Browne visits Our Moon!
In this blog, Keith Browne, teacher at International School of Geneva in Switzerland, writes about his impactful visit with his partner, Claire Tannieres to Our Moon’s learning centre in Zambia. In October 2022, I had the immense pleasure to visit Our Moon’s camp in the Chibombo District of Zambia, northwest of Lusaka. Over the years, […]
Reading books to explore the world and beyond!
In this blog post, Malama, who has been tutoring the students in literature, speaks to Cathy, a current student about the books she has enjoyed reading. Whilst in secondary school, I took pure sciences as options. The tight schedule of conducting laboratory experiments and solving additional mathematics problems did not allow me to find time […]
Introducing Iwell, our master of many trades
In this blog, Malama (photography, social media and student tutor), interviews Iwell (gardening, managing labour, children’s tutor, waste management and physical fitness tutor to students and children). Iwell had the idea that, with the land we have at Our Moon, we could plant many vegetables, in different varieties, to be self-sustaining and provide more nutritious […]
Mena makes her mark in Zambia
Just before we flew back to the UK, I caught up with Mena to hear her reflections on how her first trip to Zambia – first visit to a developing country – had impacted her. Helen: What were your overall observations about Zambia? Mena: The first thing I noticed about Zambia was the atmosphere. Everything […]