Working with World Renew as International Relief Managers

As newly trained International Relief Managers (IRM) with World Renew's International Disaster Response team, Carl and I are excited to be on our first assignment. We are staying in Mwandi Village in the Western Province of Zambia. Together with our local partner, the United Church of Zambia (UCZ), our job will be to implement the Drought Response project in the Mwandi District. The Mwandi District has a population of about 30,000, the majority of whom are from the Lozi tribe.   The people we have met here in the village have been very welcoming and we are enjoying getting to know them. As part of our exchange of greetings as we pass and chat with people on the streets each day, we have been told a number of times, "You are welcome." In Zambia, the rainy season runs from November to April. Prolonged dry spells coupled with extreme high temperatures since the onset of rainy season has resulted in a devastating effect on farmers' crop performance. An assessm...