Priming is an interesting word and can mean a lot of things. It simply means getting something ready. You can prime a pump with water, an engine with fuel, a face with “foundation”, and a wall with primer paint which is what we are now doing. After brushing off all the walls, and fixing as many of the minor blemishes that we could find we finally started our first wall […]
“The doors are closed” doesn’t mean that the business has closed down or there is no work, far from it. In fact it is quite the opposite! The outside doors are finally finished, and hung, so as we walked away from the building this afternoon we could finally close the doors. This means that the inside is now secure from the majority of intruders though I have caught a lizard […]
With the glass now in the windows and the putty drying, it is time to switch gears and start on getting the last major opening in the outside walls filled – the doors. Once the doors are on and closed, the interior space will be secure and it will be time to start making things pretty inside! The outside doors have come from a local carpenter and are made of […]
Rains are still in full swing here in Ikelenge and though it is not possible to work outside or on the exterior of the building (glazing windows etc…) there is still some work in the inside which we can do. In preparation for the painting, we are currently working on getting all the curtain rod hangers up and in their proper places so that when painting is done we can […]
The new year, 2026, is the year of the new look, and to start off with we are putting glass in the window frames. We had most of the glass cut last week and now it is time to change the way the building looks by putting them in. This new stage is one of the things which will upgrade both the appearance and the usefulness of the building. The […]
Businesses are soon wrapping up for the year and going on their Christmas holidays, so first off Merry Christmas to all! Up here in Ikelenge, the “Christmas flower” also know as the “Doctor’s Joy” but properly named the Flame Lilly, is in full bloom bringing a dashes of red in what resembles small flames to the sides of the roads, ant hills and fields. Along with it, though not as […]
Today was another milestone in the building of the recording studio and Chejeji FM’s first home; it was time to pour the concrete floor. We are over a month behind our desired schedule due to the lack of cement in Ikelenge! We were wondering if it was an issue with the road as that is getting steadily worse due to the rains, but the cement sellers here in Ikelenge have […]
What a change!!! Walking into the building now things are really different as all the interior walls are plastered, and most of the rooms are ready for the concrete floor. We are thankful to the Lord that things are slowly taking shape even with shortages of cement and building materials in Ikelenge plus adverse weather. The first day of plastering outside, Ikelenge received our first hail storm of the year […]
Although most don’t know about copy rights for music, it does exist here in Zambia. ZAMCOPS (standing for Zambian Music Copyright Protection Society) had its roots back in the 1987 and was officially formed in 1994 with the purpose of representing composers, authors, and publishers of music in Zambia. Throughout the world, those playing music from any artist (whose work is not registered as royalty free) in a public place […]
It was a quiet Wednesday afternoon, the day had gone as normal and was about to finish when suddenly the news came – Chejeji FM’s application for a radio license to broadcast on the FM band was approved!!! Check out the post on IBA’s facebook account. We had been expecting a call for and interview, but looks like that was not needed in the process this time. Instead we were […]
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