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Tikondane is a community centre run for and by the people of Katete. It has a thriving community school and adult education programme and there are various income generating activities such as the garden and skill training initiatives, as well as important community development work, the implementation of which Tikondane has pioneered. Tikondane is a gem for the tourist interested in finding the real Africa outside the usual lodges or hostels. 

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January Newsletter 2010

Happy New Year!
2010 — the Chinese year of the Tiger


Dear friends of Tikondane,


Reflections from our Japanese friend. Yukie is a 'friend of Tiko' from Japan and so it is especially interesting to know what touches her most about the Zambian culture. Here is a short list of things Yukie noticed most while visiting Tiko in 2009:

 

 

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Elke on Chicago Radio

Global Activism: Empowering Zambians through Education and Empathy

Hear Elke on Chicago radio on her last fundraising trip to the USA.

Chicago Radio Interview


 

 
Cathrine Mpakateni
My name is Cathrine Mpakateni, aged thirty five with two daughters. Tikondane has done a lot of good things for me from 1997 up to date. In 1991 I was married to a man from Southern Zambia and had my first child, a daughter in 1993 in June.
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Ziyalula Banda

My name is Ziyalula Banda, I am working at Tikondane as a night watchman.  I have been working at Tikondane from 2001 to date. I want to say what Tiko has done for me.

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