Wednesday 21 March 2007

Khalil Kapdi

The morning was spent in Kapiri : one meeting which didn't happen because the person we were to meet with didn't show up (!) but the other one with Khalil Kapdi - our building material supplier - to wrap-up the final accounting and paperwork. He is an (East) Indian - born and raised in Zambia, did his accounting degree in India and was in public practice in Lusaka for a few years before his father died and he had to move to Kapiri to take over the running of his father's business. He is involved in a lot of different things - a bakery and grocery wholesale, building materials, fuel station and transport as well as a small farm where he raises cattle, sheep and goats. So he had wealth of knowledge to share with us and enjoyed sitting chatting with us. (We figured that in Kapiri he doesn't get to talk to many people at the same intellectual level as him so took every opportunity to do so with us !) In the afternoon Harley, Logan and I spent a few hours meeting with Pastor Justin and the church Deacon, Mr Chanda, to discuss more of the church's vision and plans for their work in the community so that I could record some of it on video. While we were meeting there was a big downpour of rain - the first in nearly two weeks. The session ended with them giving us some food - delicious fried sweet potatoes, roasted corn and roasted peanuts !

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