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Paul Samba (IF'09, Zambia) on August 12th, 2011I am so excited to see Derrick successfully completing his 20 years jail sentence. Derrick is my student I was teaching in jail last year. He performed very well, liked the organic farming skill and really wanted to put it into practice once his sentence is over. Derrick has really reformed and under went a [...]
Paul Samba (IF'09, Zambia) on September 15th, 2010These photos are from the recent Chipembi Farm College graduation ceremony for prisoners. In addition to offering programs for prisoners, Chipembi Farm College also has programs for special needs students.
Paul Samba (IF'09, Zambia) on August 31st, 2010A rather special moment for Chipembi College of Agriculture to gain prestige and connections through our American friends has come. Little is known about us by our friends but Mr. Micheal Kraft is our icon who has taken his precious time to put Chipembi College of Agriculture on the website so that our activities, aspirations [...]
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Paul Samba (IF'09, Zambia) on July 3rd, 2010You remember that conference that we iLEAP Fellows attended in Seattle at the Red Lion hotel? This really inspired me so much, I took a deep thought about the importance for iLEAP to care for prisoners and I said to myself this I can do too. If other people in the USA are doing it [...]
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Michael Kraft (TTL'09) on July 24th, 2009Besides programs for post-secondary students and local farmers, Chipembi Farm College has a specific program for students with special needs. Since 1990, the farm college has offered an intensive three-year program for Special Needs students that focus primarily on practical farming instruction, with 10 percent of time spent in the classroom. After a period of [...]
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Michael Kraft (TTL'09) on July 15th, 2009Last night around 8:00 PM, there was a power outage at the farm college. Rolling power outages are fairly common as the electric utility does not have the capacity to generate enough electricity to satisfy the demand of all customers at all times. With the aid of a flashlight, Paul Samba and I took the [...]
Michael Kraft (TTL'09) on July 14th, 2009Both First and Second year students at Chipembi Farm College are hard at work taking their final exams. In the case of the First year students, they must pass their exams to be eligible to move on to the second year. Second year students must pass their exams to be able to graduate. I took [...]
Michael Kraft (TTL'09) on July 11th, 2009During my brief tours around the farm this week, I watched a few of the students enter the cattle pen and select two bulls to pull a cart. Selecting the two bulls and removing them from the pen was fairly easy for the students, but securing the yoke took a little more time. Here are [...]
Michael Kraft (TTL'09) on July 9th, 2009It was a long trip via Atlanta and South Africa, but I have finally arrived in Zambia. It was great to see Paul at the airport, and he has been a wonderful host. I’ve had a chance to meet his family as well as the staff at Chipembi Farm College. Although I’ve spent quite a [...]
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