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Since 1995 when the mining/quarry corporations moved their operations across the river, the community of Ngweya have adopted the mine and been quarrying stone selling it for building works and paving.

Nyami Nyami provided the people with water for crops and animals and in times of drought would rise his mighty body from the Zambezi and allow the people to cut away strips of meat for food from his powerful and large body.

  Whilst working with a volunteer organisation based in Livingstone and through the community activities we managed I realised there was a whole generation of adults whom had missed out on education for a variety of reasons.  For some there was not enough money in the household (particularly true of women), others it was that they had to look after family due to deaths within the family and extended family and earn an income.  Many of these wonderful people were passionate about uplifting themselves and their communities.  We felt that skills training shouldn’t have to be linked to an individual’s academic achievement.  Also with little or no waste management within Livingstone and the surrounding areas it made sense to look...