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It’s a Blog Post Zambia

Written here on Friday, June 4th, 2010 by

“Almost everything here is a blog post,” Christian says. He’s not wrong. On the road, out of one’s standard environment, almost everything looks interesting and worthy of comment.

But we must, of course, select the moments we post about. We choose the moments that we think are relevant. It’s a hard task because crazy stuff happens all around us on this continent, everywhere and all the time. And so, this post is the first in a series where we’ll post pictures we think you’ll like from moments that don’t quite fit into other stories…

Elijah from DHL welcomes The Ball into Zambia
Elijah from DHL welcomes The Ball into Zambia

Football with one boot en route to Lusaka
Football with one boot en route to Lusaka

Kaka prepares for World Cup with street football in remote Zambian village
Kaka prepares for World Cup with street football in remote Zambian village

School girls line up to kick The Ball in Lusaka
School girls line up to kick The Ball in Lusaka

Mass signing of The Ball at Lusaka school
Mass signing of The Ball at Lusaka school

Hand made balls... on the road to Livingstone
Hand made balls… on the road to Livingstone

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    it was a great moment!great fun.

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    malawian communities need awareness on specail olympics. There are many people with...

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    Thank you for post and Wydad is the best

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