written July 8th, 2016 Livingstone, Zambia This morning we visited a village called Makumba. We packed into the vehicles and I’m not sure anyone was sure what to expect. We drove around an hour and the further we went the anticipation grew. As soon as we pulled off the main road, we were driving around…
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