ICA Japan - Zambia 1998

Youth Vocational Training (Welding, Carpentry, Poultry, Bricklaying & Agriculture) 　Eager youth anticipating becoming full time students of welding, carpentry, poultry and brick laying. The journey towards their life's vocation began when ICA provided training in Kapini. A great change is being brought to the society of the future as youth learn to live effectively in their rural communities.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Views of Lusaka
	1. Lusaka, the capital of Zambia with a population of 870,000. Behind the construction sites are street kids that run around to earn their living.
	2. Across the main street, there is an open air market which is also a place for social gatherings. There is definitely a market if the graduates can make good and reasonably priced products.
	3. Lusaka Post Office. Since there are no post boxes, people have to come here to collect their mail. A lot of Japanese cars can be spotted in the city.
Life in Kapini Village
Rural harmony
	4. Water - the source of everything. These girls are 14-15. Most of them do not go to secondary school and remain in the village, helping household chores.
	5. A typical village house- built with bricks, mud on the walls and grass roofs. There is a separate house for each room and the round one is the kitchen.
	6. Let's play together! Although there is no electricity or water pipes, the children know how to have fun and are always adventurous. A gift given to them by living in and with the surrounding wild environment.
Happy Harvest
	7. April and May is the harvest time for maize. There is a sense of unity- the vast sea of maize fields and people celebrating the harvest from it, all under the clear blue sky.
	8. Happiness- having enough to eat. The children here are well built. Yet Zambia is dependent on foreign aid to relieve their annual food shortage.
	9. People build their own storage sheds from twigs and grass to keep their crops.
	10. The woman, by using a traditional method, is pounding maize into maize meal. Since the stick is quite heavy, it is a lot of work making meals for the whole family.
	11. A recently built milling station. The machine is operated by diesel. As it is the harvest season, the man is extremely busy and happy.
	12. Making "Nshima", their staple diet. It is soft and very tasty. It is made by mixing mealmeal with hot water which is boiled over burning logs.
Family bonds
	13. Many of the Zambian families are big and it is not rare to have more than 10 people living together, all helping each other keeping the tradition which they value, the extended family.
	14. A small village shop. Things such as soap, sugar, candles and matches can be bought. It is the children that do the selling.
	15. It is part of the daily chore of the boy to take care of the cows when he gets back from school. They run back home, probably knowing that they, too, play an important role in earning the daily living.
Meeting places
	16. The village church. Most people of the village are Christians. However, black magic is also deeply rooted within the community and it is strange to see these two opposites coexisting.
	17. The only clinic in the village and it is usually full of malaria patients. In 1998, there were 3409 cases of malaria at the clinic. There is a continous shortage of medicine and medical equipment.
	18. Vocational training school of Kapini. It serves the community in other ways as well since the rooms are also used by primary schools, by villagers for social gatherings and as a church.
Innocent moments
	19. Natural beauty. The girl is playing by putting ash on her face and braded banana leaves as a tiarra. These innocent moments of the village need to be preserved although their values cannot be quantified.
	20. Children going to primary school. The fee is about 5,000 kwacha (\300) annually but there are some who cannot afford this. Only about 20% of the 7th year primary school children go to secondary school. The 80% remain in the village. If they want to earn a decent living for themselves, they need to learn some kind of skill.
Welding course
Theory class
	21. Mr. Mumba, instructor of the welding course, is lecturing on gas welding. He takes care to teach the most efficient and safest way to the students.
	22. Students listening attentively about how to handle gas cylinders.
Gas Welding
	23. Fixing a wheelbarrow. Students gain experience while being directed by the instructor. There are many orders asking for repairs of farming equipment.
	24. The students are fixing a car brought in by a villager using the skills learnt during class. They say that doing work that benefits the community is what makes them happy.
	25. People are delighted as ever. Since the opening of the training centre, things like farming equipments can now be repaired locally at a cheaper rate.
Participation of 5th, 6th, 7th year students
	26. The 5th, 6th and 7th year students also participated in the training programme.　A graduate of the training centre is giving a demonstration to primary school students on the use of welding torches.
	27. Students listen with a lot of interest, especially as classes are closely related to the every day life, such as this one - fixing a pot.
Arc (Electric) Welding
	28. Using electric arc welding, he is trying to mend a metal plate. Safety is the top priority - using a mask and keeping a distance from the hot arc.
	29. Kapini uses a system using windmills to draw up water. The students helped to repair the tank which had holes and had halted water supply to the villagers.
	30. Water at last! Children doing the washing straight away after the water supply was restored which had been stopped for 2 weeks.
Art of the students
	31. The finishing touch - a student is painting the completed garden chair. Satisfaction and confidence can be seen on the faces of the students who has completed a product.
	32. The burglar bars of the windows of the ICA Zambia office are made by the students of the welding course. Ms. Florence, (project coordinator) is very proud of the students.
Carpentry Course
Theory class
	33. Mr. Mbewe, instructor of the carpentry course, explains the proper use of saws and the most efficient ways of cutting wood. English is used for writing on the board. English and Lenge (local language) for oral explanations.
	34. Students are eagerly taking down notes from the classes. This little notebook is their treasure.
	35. There are various papers with pictures on the classroom walls. The classes are aimed to be easily understood by everyone. Having visual teaching materials is one way of doing so.
Manufacturing a Cabinet
	36. A student making a cabinet. The sound of the wood being hammered can be heard from early in the morning: bang bang bang!
	37. A cabinet which the students are making. Most of the things that they make are ordered by the villagers or institutions situated near the training centre.
Making chairs for pre- school children
	38. An order for chairs for the children is placed by the pre-school of Kapini. The students are all excited as they have to make 48 chairs.
	39. This student is making the back of a seat. His work naturally becomes neat as he thinks about his brothers and sisters that will be using these chairs.
	40. The triumph of teamwork! All of the 48 chairs are completed. It was hard work as they had to reuse things like old nails.
Making a wardrobe
	41. Students making a wardrobe guided by the carpentry instructor, Mr. Danny.
	42. Students making the handles of a wardrobe. Making it round is rather difficult.
	43. Making the wardrobe drawers. The students also made other furnitures such as bookshelves, TV stands and dining sets.
Joy of learning
	44. The 5th, 6th and 7th year students learning about the safety of the working environment. The lecturers are pleasantly surprised about the speed at which they learn and their determination to improve.
	45. The older students are keen to give advice to the the 5th, 6th and 7th year students.
	46. The primary students are to give a presentation on the name and how to use the tools that they each cling to. They take very good care of the tools.
Poultry Course
Theory class
	47. A student drawing a feeding pot in the poultry class.
	48. A lecture incorporating group discussions. This course is popular amongst women and mothers bringing along their children, which can be seen as well.
	49. The primary school teachers participate along with the 5th, 6th and 7th year students and help out the classes. The one on the left is the principal of Kayosha primary school, Mr. Chiwala.
	50. Ms. Beatrice, the poultry instructor, giving a lesson on poultry diseases and their prevetions and cures. The most serious chicken disease in Zambia is the Newcastle disease.
	51. A lot of questions are asked back and forth between the instructor and the students. She judges their understanding from the answers and opinions given back to her.
	52. The 5th, 6th and 7th year students, the leaders of the next generation, are also participating. By this way, they will experience it natural to raise chickens instead of yearning to live in the city.
Raising broilers
	53. Chicks, 2 days after hatching. The students experience the whole process of raising them, slaughtering and selling them. In the one year training, the students dealt with 1350 chickens in this way.
	54. Raising the chicks in a floor feeding poultry house. The saw dust bedding is kept at a warm tempreature using charcoal. His dream is to become a poultry man.
	55. The students take care of the chicks 24 hours a day using shifts until they are 3 weeks old. They are changing the drinking water.
	56. A chick after 10 days after hatching. Mr. Cheepa, a specialist, is checking the health of the chicks. The students do the same thing as well.
	57. Taking good care of the chicks. Once they are 4 weeks old, the feeding pot is raised so that the chicks can eat from it easily.
	58.Students slaughtering the 8 week old chickens. They can take home the livers, kidneys etc. Tonight will be a feast - no wonder they look happy!
Brick laying course
Theory class
	59. Lecture on the tools necessary for building a house. Each tool is explained using drawings.
	60. The students have an amazing memory! They seem to remember exactly what was said rather than writing it down and memorising it.
Making bricks
	61. Students unloading the sand pebble sand needed to make bricks. They are all excited to be out of the classroom and really get an experience.
	62. The first lesson is to build your own bricks. They mix the cement with the sand with a ratio of 1 to 5.
	63. Water is added to the mixture and mashed. There are no working uniforms and the students mix it with bare feet.
	64. Students are pouring the mixture into the moulder. Most of them have helped in making houses since childhood. They are participating in order to further polish the skills that they possess.
	65. After the mixture is poured into the moulder using a shovel, the moulder is turned upside down for drying. The students make about 160-170 bricks a day.
	66. Blessing of the sun, the bricks dry rapidly. The students make the bricks in two sizes, 6 inch ones for the foundation and 4 inch ones for the houses.
	67. A student who is the captain of this course, giving the moulder a thorough wash. He tells us that he enjoys making things that last for a long time.
	68. Teamwork is what counts. They are discussing over the plan, enthusiastically. Apparently, they say, when building a house they are happy as if riding a bicycle!
	69. The meeting of the brick laying course. The students, instructors, project coordinators and staff of ICA dicuss about the problems of the course which will be useful in structuring current and future courses. What makes us happy is the fact that they wanted to take a photo with the bricks; without them the picture would not be complete.
Agriculture Course
Workshop
	70. Members of the Katuba Womens' Club. They have gathered in order to participate in a workshop that teaches agricultural skills for sustainable development. Women in other towns such as Mwashinyambo, Katuba, Kapini, Chombela and Kapila have also done similar things.
	71. Exchanging information and opinions at an all round presentation. Occasions such as this are important for sharing the knowledge and the skills that the women possess.
	72. A meeting in which they evaluate this year's programs and discuss future plans.
Sustainable Seed Scheme
	73. Just before the rainy season - the women of the clubs with big smiles on their faces as they receive open pollinated maize seeds which can be gathered for three years.
	74. A farm of a member. Her main concern is the weeds that are growing taller than the maize themselves. This year, they had more rain than usual and picking weeds was a major problem.
	75. The agriculturists visited farms of each of the members twice a year. Mr. Sekiya who is sent to ICA Zambia as an expert on food crop and Mr. Mudenda, an instructor, are checking out the expected harvest.
	76. Maize field of a member of Chombela club. After harvest, they burn the stalks and use the ashes as fertilizer for next year.
	77. Members each receiving 5kg of groundnut seeds. The average size of their farms/fields is 50m x 50m.
	78. Women are eagerly taking out the seeds which will be planted immediately. Groundnuts are one of the major crops of this area.
	79. A groundnut field of a member of Katuba womens' club. The quality top soil has been washed away due to the heavy rainfall.
Business management class
	80. Mr. Vingo is explaining the outline of marketing strategy to the students. He is one of the most experienced staff of ICA, using an ICA unique method, putting a lot of emphasis on learning through participation.
	81. Students getting lectures on topics such as marketing strategy and accounting. They listen atttentively as they are aware of the importance of these lectures in the real world.
	82. Mr. Silumesii, finance officer of ICA Zambia, is explaining to the students how to price goods using a chair made by the students in the carpentary course.
Exploratory Tailoring Course
	83. At the request of the women of Kapini, Ms. Kakinuma conducted a sewing class in which 20 people including one male student participated.
	84. Classes went on for 3 months, focusing mainly on how to use the sewing machine. A number of students participate bringing along their children.
	85. She is sewing children's clothes. The number of sewing machines is limited and students had to take turns in using it. Still, they were anxious to learn and there were a lot people who wanted to participate.
	86. The finished clothes. Skirts and shirts were also made.
	87. Students wearing the clothes that they made at the graduation ceremony. Standing second from the right is Ms. Kakinuma.
	88. Students of the sewing class. There is definitely a need for such course and it is a project that could and should be considered at the training centre. Also it will be a great case of a project that shows cooperation between JICA and NGOs .
Preparing for the Future
	89. A weekly project staff meeting, an essential element of the project in order for it to run smoothly. Heated discussions take place.
	90. ICA staff Fumiko Nakashima about to return to Japan, chatting about the future with the instructors for bricklaying and poultry and other project staff.