We have staff ??!!!!

It is strange as Americans to imagine having a house helper and guard/guardener that we employ. You mean someone is going to mow our yard and someone else is going to do our laundry and sweep the floor? In America that is a huge luxury. In Zambia, it is the kindest thing we can do for the poorest of the poor. You see, Lusaka has almost 70% unemployment.

This is a picture of Pauline, our indoor house help. Let me tell you her story. She was married with two children when her husband died in an accident. She remarried and had a third child when her second husband ran away and married another woman and had a child with her. Her husband refuses to support Pauline and says it is normal in their culture for men to have more than one wife. If she did not have a job, she and her three children would be living on the street. Already, we love Pauline dearly.