A Yoga Hall for Christmas

By: Tony December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 Yoga in ZambiaBuild a yoga hall project, building a yoga hall, teaching yoga, Yoga in Zambia1 Comment

So after the last post, donations came in up to £500 in total, also enough blocks and trousers for 2 boxes to be sent out. The donations covered cement and sand for making the blocks we built with, and some of the build costs. Thanks so much to everyone who donated. I went to one…

We all need a Foundation

By: Tony November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Yoga in Zambiabuilding a yoga hall, happiness is not money, Yoga in ZambiaLeave a Comment

Thanks so much to everyone who has connected with our Yoga in Zambia project and given us practical help. You gave us £305 pounds, which has bought enough cement for the foundations and about 400 concrete blocks to build with. That’s a great start, and it’s £305 less for me to have to find. Also…

Start of a new Project

By: Tony October 3, 2020October 4, 2020 Yoga in ZambiaBuild a yoga hall project, Meditation, yoga4 Comments

Let’s formalise this ‘Yoga in Zambia’ thing into a new category on this blog. It’s a new project, and it ties in with the original purpose of this blog; to get an education at the deaf school for Ketty. Now not-so-young Ketty! She’s 11 years old now, wow, how the time has flown since a…

What next, after Black Lives Matter?

By: Tony July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 Zambian Talesblack lives matter, racism, understanding different cultures, voluntourism, wealth distribution, yogaLeave a Comment

I recently posted as guest author on the website of my mentor and guide on the Yoga path. I tell you this to save me rewriting a lot of the carefully crafted piece that I did there… you can read it if you’re interested here >>> https://swami-nishchalananda.com/2020/07/02/possibilities-for-social-justice/ Here’s a small extract from that piece… give…

A different World

By: Ulingana May 2, 2020May 2, 2020 KettyLeave a Comment

I started this blog as a documentary about my project raising funds for Ketty, my young deaf friend in Eastern Province, Zambia. Truth to tell, Ketty’s fine…… …. so now, as things groove along nicely, let’s change the tone of this blog a little. I want to start trying to paint a picture of life…

Christmas 2019… where has the year gone?

By: Ulingana December 23, 2019February 17, 2020 Kettydeaf child, fundraising, Ketty2 Comments

It’s nearly a year since we last posted! I have to start as I always do by thanking everyone who has donated to the project, and of course to those of you who make regular donations. Once again Ketty has proved that her schooling has given an outlet for her bright intelligence by coming…

Fun and Adventures then back to third year at School

By: Ulingana January 27, 2019August 28, 2019 Kettyaid project, deaf child, deaf education, fundraising, game park, Ketty, Marula Lodge, poverty, South Luangwa4 Comments

….this is Africa. It smells like Africa, it feels like only sub-saharan Africa can feel, it gets in your blood, under your skin, just like they say. Either that or it freaks you out, the poverty, the utterly different culture, the snakes, the spiders, the malaria, and you never come back. I haven’t posted since…

Not all plain sailing

By: Ulingana January 10, 2018April 23, 2019 Kettyaid project, deaf child, fundraising, Ketty, poverty, volunteering, zambia, Zambian Tales4 Comments

Cholera, Malaria, drought, hunger. Africa can be a hard place.

About Ulingana

A story of a young deaf Zambian girl, Ketty, and the opportunity of an education for her.

Ketty, how it all started

Ketty lives in Eastern Province, Zambia. She’s was six years old when I met her in January 2016. Diagnosed as ‘profoundly deaf’ since birth, she needs, specialist education. We’re in luck. Zambia is a big country and has just three deaf schools, but one of them happens to be only 120 km away. I met…

Eastern Zambia

Eastern Zambia is a ‘Subsistence Agriculture’ area of Africa. Poverty in a naturally joyful culture.