luwingu secondary school

In July I will be visiting Lusaka for business.
In the late 1960s I worked as a teacher at Luwingu secondary school in northern province.
I am seeking information about the school and any students or staff who were there between 1967-70. The head teacher then was Mr Symposia .
My husband Brian piper was also a teacher there. and there and I would also like to know if the school is still there and what is happening at the present time.
If I had time to visit northern provice what transport is possible between Lusaka and Kasama/ Luwingu?.
If you have any information i would be grateful to receive it.
Dorothy Piper.

Hello Edith
Jane and I are looking to visit Zambia in August / September this year and whilst looking on the web she came across your message. Did you get to Luwingu and if you did have you any advice - accommodation etc? Did you find the school?

Other than that how are you and Brian. We live in Salford and are both retired - enjoying travelling when we can.

We had one Email from Mike Reid a year ago but have not heard from him since - are you in contact with mutual friends?
Regards
Eddie

Itaught at Luwingu 1972-74 and Monze 1974-1978. I would like to hear from any friends from there.
Mike McGlothlen

Hello,

The school is still there. I am Zambian never worked in Luwingu but just wanted to let ou know that the road network has improved treamendously from Lusaka to all the provinces. there is a perfect tarred road into Kasama.

If you nedd any info dont hesistate to get in touch.
Newtons

Dear Newtons
Thanks for the message, A perfect tar road to Kasama sounds wonderful. I have many scary memories of the old road -either sliding around in the rains or blinded by dust in the dry season.
When I was working in Zambia, in Lusaka, in 2004 I only had 2 weeks and not enough spare time to travel.
The Ministry of Education had very little information about Northern Province.
After meeting some teachers from Northern Province I learned about some issues concerning mental health that I might help with and I hoped to raise some funds for some work in the schools in Northern Province but that has not been successful so far. My work in UK has been about emotional health in young people and maybe I could be of some use in helping teachers to consider the issues as they apply locally.
I was only thinking yesterday that I need to put more effort into raising the issue and the funding.
Meanwhile I will continue to dream of a holiday and save my money.
All best wishes to you.
Many thanks

Dorothy Eddi Piper

I stumbled across this by accident. How fantastic to find two dear friends who shared the joys of Luwingu Secondary School, purity patrols, and a hairy car-ride up to Mombassa and back. Averil and I would love to get in touch!

Jim

I stumbled on this site by pure accident. How refreshing. I attended Luwingu sec. sch. as a student from 1973 to 1976 when I tranfered to Kansenshi sec. sch. in Ndola. I later returned to Luwingu sec. sch. as a teacher from 1980 to 1990. I'm married with two children and have taken residence in the U.S. since 1998.

From my student days at Luwingu I remember Mr. M.McGlothlen (who posted an article above). He was my R.E. teacher for a brief stint in my 9th grade. His wife was my English teacher and very briefly, French teacher. Mr. McGlothen will recall other members on his staff team like Mr. Yardley, Mr. and Mrs. Masterson, Vasilenko, the Williamses (from Canada), Mr. Young, Proctor, Fairful, Kappor, D.C. Samuels (the H.M.) etc.

I've also been wanting to get in touch with my former neighbor at Luwingu, Mr. and Mrs. Ken (and Janice) Boyd, from the U.K. and Mr. S. Hasham from France.



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