Cooperation with a school in Zambia, Mbala Basic

EUS had a cooperation with a school in Zambia, Mbala Basic. The cooperation stared in the summer in 2006. 

the outside of Mbala Basic.

an orphanage 

Mbala basic school was founded in 1932, the school has 713 pupils, 40 - 55 pupils pr class, 20 classes, 28 teachers.Boys get to go to school, but not alway girls. There is no staff room. The teachers job is to raise the children, they teach both young and the older ones, they're very dedicated to their work. The teachers are NOT allowed to punish the pupils physically. They have to use a uniform, they can't come to school without it. They have to walk a very long way to school, 30 minutes. School starts at 7 AM, but some doesn't start until after lunch. They have few classrooms, they are dark and small, they're dark because people have stolen the powerlines. Some of the people there had never seen a white person before. Dancing and music is very imprtant and the guests got a warm welcome. We discussed conflictmanagement, democarcy, Norad (origination where the money comes from. The mothers teach their children, they get pregnant when they're 14 and they have to go to school after giving birth. 

dark classrooms

Some of the children have no parents. The average age is 40. People usually die of Malaria or aids. It's a huge problem.
The school starts the second week of January. Pupils off in April, August and December. They have national exams in 7. and 9. grade. They get very good results.

dance and music is very important

Interview with random people

A woman who workes in the grocery store 

Do you live in Eid?
- Yes

how long have you lived in Eid?
- I've lived in eid for 40 years.

Is it something you miss about Eid? 
- I don't really miss anything.

 What do you do in your spare time?
- I go hiking on the mountains, 'cause we have all this nature around us. I usually go to "Hondalsvatnet".

Do you plan on staying here for the rest of your life?
- yeah, I hope so! 

How old are you?
- I'm 42 years old. 
  

Man on the street

Do you live in Eid?

- no, not really, haha.

what was your first impression of Eid?

- I thought it was really beautiful nature and really nice.. 

What do you like to do in your spare time?

- I like to go hiking and listen to music.

Do you want to come back to Eid?

- oh yeah, definetlty.

how old are you?

- I'm 27.

Viking grave

The myklebust ship 

Remains of a burned viking ship of about 25 m in length was found in one of the several grave mounds at the Myklebust farm in Nordfjordeid, Norway.The Myklebust ship is the biggest viking ship found in Norway. Excavated in 1874. The ship was burnt in the funeral of a mighty viking.

The Viking grave

The grave mound "Rundehogjen" or "Lorange's mound" in Nordfjordeid which conceiled the burned remains of the "Myklebust" ship, excavated in 1874. A second mound, "Skjoratippen" or "Shetelig's mound" is seen to the right in the background, excavated in 1903. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKHNxVrDDMk  < this is a documentary about the viking grave.
http://home.online.no/~joeolavl/viking/myklebustskipet.htm  < source

some of the remains after the grave

The remains of the ship are exhibited in Bergen Museum, University of Bergen, Norway.          large quantities of burnt bones of animals were also found. there were bones from one or two horses in the grave. In the viking age graves we often find farm animals such as dogs, horses, sheep or goats, pigs, cows and oxen.

   

this bronzefigure was found in the grave and
is called "myklebustmannen" or in english "The myklebust
man"

Nordfjordeid

"nordfjordeid"

Nordfjordeid is a small place in Norway in Sogn Og Fjordane, the west part of Norway. I really love it here because it's not too big and not so many people here. In the summer it usually rains, which is... "great", and in the winter it's really cold. As you can see on the photo we have a very big  fjord and it's called "Eidsfjorden". 

"operahuset i Nordfjord"

In Nordfjordeid we have a operhouse and we call it "operahuset i nordfjord", which means "The operahouse in Nordfjord". In there we can go to the opera, the cinema, the library or you could even study there. the Operahouse was finished in 2009 and we're very proud of it.

                             

        "malakoff"

 In the summer we have a rockfestival called malakoff, it's very popular and a lot of people usually come. it's a lot of fun and I try to go every single year. The festival lasts for two days. a lot of volunteers helps to make this festival possible.

"eidsgata"

this is Nordfjordeids logo

this is our church

the church was finished in 1849 and has 750 seats. the church is made of wood.

 http://www.visitnorway.com/no/Reisemal/Vestlandet/Nordfjord/Aktiviteter-i-Stryn-og-Nordfjord/Attraksjoner-i-Stryn-og-Nordfjord/Nordfjord/                               

About me

when I were young

Hi, my name is Jenny Samuline Vingen Engeland and this is my blog. I am fourteen years old and I live in a tiny place in Norway callled Nordfjordeid or "Eid" as we call it.  I obsess a lot over bands and youtubers but I also like photography and taking photos.

  

             I'm the internet fan... yup, accurate.  

                

   some of my favorite songs

         Young Volcanoes - Fall Out Boy

Alone Together - Fall Out Boy
        

               Where Did The Party Go - Fall Out Boy

      

                 My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark - Fall Out Boy

             Teenagers - My Chemical Romance

Planetary (GO!) - My Chemical Romance

           Shot At The Night - The Killers

Miss Atomic Bomb - The Killers

Holding On To You - twenty one pilots

         Miss Jackson - Panic! At The Disco

         The Ballad Of Mona Lisa - Panic! At The Disco

... And more but I should probably stop.
I don't know man, I just like bands...

My school

Hey, I want to show you my school! 

 This is the outside my school, my school has around 300 students.

In this room we spend our recess. In the recess we can play ping-pong, talk to  friends, listen to music etc.                
                                     

                  

         this is our new ballpit, we can play a lot of sports here.

this is where we have PE.