Hello and welcome to my blog

Here I will try to keep you updated on what I’m doing during my year in Zambia Teaching.

I am going to teach maths and science to secondary level to students in Mambwe boarding school in the Eastern Province of Zambia. I will be living on the school site with my partner volunteer from Project Trust called Andrew. My departure date is the 4th of September and my next post will be my first impressions of Zambia and the school when I get there after an 11 hour bus journey from the capital city, Lusaka

I’ve just been trying to work out which things to bring with me and how many items of clothing I really need.

I have mixed feelings about leaving. Leaving friends and family is a big step towards being independent but being thousands of miles away means that I really will be on my own. I will have my project partner and the other volunteers for support as well as the new friends I’m sure I’ll make along the way. But nothing is quite as nice as having friends and family close by. It will be a very different way of life in Zambia no unlimited data Wi-Fi, no bug free zones, no projectors in the classroom not to mention the 30 degree plus temperatures. That will all seem normal once I’ve been there for a while. For now, all I can do is wait until I get on the plane next Tuesday in London.

More posts to come.

Project trust asked me to write this: This is a personal blog written by Jack Baker and as such the views expressed are those of Jack Baker and not those of Project Trust.