Friday, 19 November 2010

Program for the Upcoming Swedish Week in Zambia

The program for the Swedish Week in Zambia 2010 is now here. Download it from http://www.swedenabroad.com/SelectImageX/236871/prgrmsvv.pdf












See you all during the week at the Swedish School!

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Zambike at the Swedish School

Welcome to our Bicycle Evening!


Tuesday 23 November at 18:30 hours

Representatives from Zambike will visit the school and tell us more about their activities.

Zambikes is a social business that manufactures, assembles and distributes high quality bicycles, bicycle ambulances and cargo bicycle trailers to the underprivileged, empowering individuals to fight the mind set of poverty and address the economic and social needs of Zambia.

Zambikes is on a mission to transform the bicycle industry in Zambia through quality products, innovation, and superior customer service. The key component and purpose behind Zambikes passion to improve business in Zambia is our commitment to serving the community. All of Zambikes profits are reinvested back into community projects through partner non-profit organizations.

So please, come and join us for the evening with gears, rims, bamboo frames and punctures.

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Postponed lectures and Zambike

As you members already are aware of, there will be no Coffee Tasting nor Lecture about Zambian Gemstones this week. Our apologies for that. New dates will soon come up.

On Tuesday November 23rd there will be a lecture from Zambike though. Most welcome to the Swedish School then!

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Thursday, 11 November 2010

Death begins in your colon ...


by Lillian Dover

'Death Begins In The Colon' was the title of a presentation by Kim Otteby at the Swedish School on the 5th October. There were many of us who learnt how important it is to have a well-functioning and balanced colon. Things to consider are: eating lots of vegetables, drink a lot of water, eat yogurt (which helps a good bacterial balance in the stomach) and exercise.

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Fancy a good restaurant? Go to Musuku at Southern Sun Hotel

Musuku Restaurant, at Southern Sun Hotel, Ridgeway, serves a very fresh lunch buffet from 12.30up to 14.30 hours. The buffet is divided in three. One with cold dishes, one with warm dishes and desserts.



Especially the cold dishes and the desserts are in the top end compared to other restaurants in Lusaka. The cold dishes are much more fresh than those you find in places like for example Allianze or Chaminuka. To make sure everything is fresh, they serve on small plates that are changed all the time. You find a lot of fresh veggies prepared with elegance, ham and salami of good quality plus a lot of other nice things.

The warm dishes are ordinary, but have a go on the big variety of desserts. You find things like Crème Caramel and good cakes. The price for the buffet is 130 000 kwacha, more expensive than most Restaurants, but a good alternative when you want to take your partner or friend out for a lunch that just has that little extra.

Food: 8/10
Service: 4/5
Atmosphere: 4/5

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Swedish Week in Zambia December 6 - 13

December 6 to 13 there will be a Swedish Week in Zambia. A full program can be viewed at the following link:

At the Swedish School we will have these activities throughout the week:

Everyday: Swedish food at Svea's Café.

Wednesday December 8 - Movie Night
19.30-21.30 Swedish movie ‘Let the Right One in’. Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire. Open to all and free entrance.

Thursday December 9 - Learn How to Swim / Child Safety
15.00-16.00 Child Safety. Bring your children (and swim gear) and learn how to swim. Open to all, please pre-register swedishschool@gmail.com.

Friday December 10 - Swedish Children's Literature
15.00-17.00 Enjoy Swedish contemporary children’s literature read in English. Open to all and free entrance.

Friday December 10 - Movie Night
19.30-21.30 Swedish movie ‘Let the Right One in’. Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire. Open to all and free entrance.

Saturday December 11 - Traditional Christmas Preparations
13.00-17.00 Christmas workshop and traditional Lucia procession. Bazaar fundraising for the Dag Hammarskjöld School in Ndola. Open to all, please pre-register swedishschool@gmail.com. Entrence fee.

Monday December 13 - Bar: En Stor Stark Lucia
17 hrs until late, the traditional Thursday Bar called En Stor Stark will for a change appear on a Monday, just to celebrate Lucia and give you all an extra change to listen to some proper contemporary Swedish music.

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Learn about Zambian Gemstones

Come listen to Brian Rasmussen, American gemstone enthusiast, Saturday 20 November at 13.00, at the Swedish School.

Mr. Rasmussen has lived in Zambia for more than ten years and claims that Zambia is one of the world's best countries when it comes to gemstone deposits. He will talk about and show tourmalines, aquamarines, rubies and emeralds etc and all of them are for sale!

Q: Why in the middle of the day?
A: You can only be really sure about a gemstone in daylight!

Welcome!

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Wednesday, 10 November 2010

Swedish Week December 2010

Within the coming days there will be more information on the upcoming Swedish Week, held in Lusaka from December 6 to December 13.

At the Swedish School we will show movies for kids and adults, read books for kids and show the young ones how to swim.

On December 11 (Saturday) we will start off in the afternoon with a creative workshop and then prepare the Christmas Tree. There will be games and a bazaar in order to raise money for the Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial School. The kids will sing traditional Christmas carols through the Lucia procession and if everybody is being kind, Santa Clause might even arrive.

During the week there will be traditional Swedish food served at the restaurant Svea's Café.

A more detailed programme will soon be published here.

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