- Det är bra att Zambia tar den svenska kritiken av korruptionen inom hälsosektorn på stort allvar och att den svenska andelen av de förskingrade medlen inom hälsostödet nu betalas tillbaka, säger biståndsminister Gunilla Carlsson.

Enligt biståndsministern ska Zambia återbetala 6,7 miljoner kronor. Summan utgör Sveriges andel av de cirka 50 miljoner kronor som förskingrades från hälsosektorn.

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The SweZam board wants to wish all of the SweZam members and other vistors  a lovely summer!

Please visit the web frequently, because you do not want do miss all of the coming events and updated information regarding our projects this autumn!

Glad sommar önskar styrelsen!

text: Hanna Eckeskog

They are here in an exchange project between Zambian and Swedish youths and will now come to Stockholm to tell us about there experiences from there time in Sweden. And of course we want to get the chance to see them, now when they are this close to our hometown.  

Come, get something to eat or have a drink together, get to know Lisa and Annette and listen to there story.

We meet at 6 pm at restaurant Jebena – at Kungsklippan in Stockholm.

Observe that this After Work is in a different restaurant!

Take the subway to T-Rådhuset, be seated in the end of the train from the central station (T-centralen) and exit towards Kungsklippan (I think it is called)!

Länk till Restaurant Jebena »www.restaurantjebena.com

Welcome! We hope to see you all there!

// Åsa, Staffan och Eva

A representative for SweZam was invited and I was the lucky person to be appointed to represent SweZam. Among around 50 guests, the majority coming from other embassies, the Ambassador told she how happy she was with the experience of the ceremonial arrangement and of meeting with King Carl Gustaf. 

We hope the work and life in Sweden will continue to be positive and wish the Ambassador warmly welcome to her new ”home”. 

At the same time we were informed that all ours ”Kate”, Ms. Kathleen Kamwendo, leaves Sweden for Namibia at the end of June after 6 years in Sweden. After so many years in Sweden it appears like Sweden will be honoured with an extended representation in Namibia. 

As much as SweZam will miss the contact with and guidance of Kate, we welcome her replacement, Ms.Molly Luombe, who, as the Ambassador, comes directly from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lusaka. 

Text: Staffan Uddeholt, SweZam board

Ambassadör Anne Luzongo Mtamboh är utbildad ekonom. Hon har tjänstgjort 17 år i Närings-, handels- och industriministeriet, främst med ekonomiska frågor. De senaste sex åren har ambassadör Luzongo Mtamboh tjänstgjort på Utrikesministeriet, där hon var chef för enheten för utvecklingssamarbete och internationella organisationer, skriver UD.

Kreditivbrevet är en fullmakt utfärdad av ett lands statschef för en ambassadör som är utsedd att representera landet. Det lämnas till statschefen i det mottagande landet när den nya ambassadören börjar sin tjänst.

Skrivet av: Lennart Simonsson

Once again I find myself back in Zambia for another spell as chaplain of Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation (MEF). I came back at the end of January escaping the frozen north arriving in Zambia just after the mid point of the rainy season. It was a warm welcome in every sense of the word –there was a most spectacular thunder storm just two days after I came. It was at night and remained very close for over an hour, so my house was lit up with lightening as if it was day time. The noise is indescribable . . . let’s just say it is big and loud.

Adrian Hendy

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1. Märta Simonsson skrev den 13 april 2010:

   Jättefint jobb ni gjort med att uppdatera hemsidan. Det är så roligt att läsa om ungdomsprojektet och att ni har fått förlängt bidrag i tre år till. Det var ju projekt som detta som vi drömde om, Bengt och jag, när vi var med om att grunda SweZam år 1974. Lycka till i fortsättningen. Kan jag göra något för att hjälpa till? Märta

2. Ylva Werlinder skrev den 21 april 2010: 

   Hej Märta, vad roligt att du hittat hit till hemsidan och att du också skrivit en kommentar! Ja, visst är det kul att Mindoloprojektet fått fortsatt stöd!

   Något som SweZam alltid behöver hjälp med är ju att samla in medel för egeninsatsen till vårt projekt. Om jag inte minns helt fel så behöver vi ca 15.000 kr per år!

   Om du har kreativa idéer kring hur dessa pengar kan samlas in så tas de tacksamt emot! En idé är att sälja SweZam-pins till sina vänner? Eller ordna en insamling på sin syjunta eller när man träffas i någon annan samling?

   Vad säger du?
   Hälsningar Ylva

Have a drink together and feel the nice atmosphere!!!

We meet at 6 pm at the bottom level of the Ethiopian restaurant – EthioStar – at Saltmätargatan 19 A in Stockholm.

Take the subway to T-Rådmansgatan, exit towards Handelshögskolan (the business school), walk around the left corner of Handelshögskolan and the first parallel street to Sveavägen is Saltmätargatan.

Välkommen/Welcome!

We hope to see you all there!

The ambassador of Zambia - Mrs Joyce Musenge and her husband

During the month of February the former Zambian ambassador, Mrs Joyce Musenge, left her position here in Sweden to instead become the ambassador of Zambia in China.

A farewell audience was held in her honour at the Royal Castle on the 9th of February 2010 and SweZam wishes Mrs. Musenge all the best with her new challenging tasks in China. The name of the new ambassador is Mrs. Anne Mtamboh (another woman!) and we hope to continue the good cooperation between her and the Swedish-Zambian Association in the future.

Dancing together at the farewell party in October.

Combining business with pleasure is fun. A recent opportunity for friends of Zambia and members of the Swedish-Zambian Association took place October 17 in Stockholm.

Organisers of the event were board members Lisa Arrehag, Anna Tyllström and Ylva Werlinder as well as member Åsa Knutsson.

The event was a combined fundraising function and farewell party for Linda Malukutu, Don Mwindilila and Bruce Mubanga  from the Youth Rights project that Swe-Zam supports in Kitwe. The function capped a two-week visit by the trio, and was also the second stage in a SweZam exchange project (for more details of their visit please see other articles).

Rolf and Anna introducing the SweZam project.

After initial mingling, the guests were invited to help themselves to the tasty dishes that had been prepared by some of the organisers. The meal was followed with a presentation of the Youth Rights project at Mindolo, outside Kitwe. The Zambia visitors, their Swe-Zam exchange counterparts Karin Johansson and Ylva Werlinder as well as Swe-Zam Chairman Rolf Svanström shared impressions of the project, some of the impact and how it has evolved.

The presentation included photos and video footage from the visits to Mindolo and a nearby school and meetings with youth, parents and teachers.

Greta and Anna talking - SweZam members sharing experiences.

After endulging in all this “food for thought” it was time for desert – coffee and brownies. This was accompanied by a fascinating musical tour of Africa by Namibian-born musician Tauna Niingungo. He sang and played a variety of instruments ranging from thumb pianos of different sizes to percussion instruments including a South American tube filled with pebbles that made sounds like rain or runnng water. Pure magic.

Members of the female art collective Hakka  meanwhile joined in a fashion show displaying classic designs by honorary Swe-Zam member Anna-Greta Mattsson  (under her label “Anna-Greta of Zambia) to comfortable capris-style Makame pants that Anna Tyllström imports.

HAKKA and guests dancing together at the party.

The show ended with a lively dance along, and many of the guests jumped off their chairs to join in the jive before it was time to select the winners of the raffle. A dozen or lucky winners were applauded and cheered, while those of us who failed to win were heartened at the thought of knowing that we had contributed to a worthy cause.

By now the evening was drawing to a close and guests started to leave, lucky raffle winners with their prizes; others wearing a Swedish-Zambian flag pin on their lapels – the pins were also sold as part of the fundraising activity that generated a good contribution to the Youth Rights Information Centre.

Text: Lennart Simonsson, SweZam board