Kindness That Outlasts the Visit: I Am Back in Zambia
"Last year, kindness in Zambia became a school roof, land for a permanent home for children with disabilities, and a chance for over a hundred people to discover their purpose. This October, I am back to stand on that ground and help carry it further."
Last year, I went to Zambia. This week, I am back. Some kindness is a moment. A smile, a held door, an umbrella offered in the rain. And some kindness is a promise, the kind that is still standing a year later. I am in Zambia right now, walking through the second kind, and I want to take you along.
From Heathrow to Chongwe: The Day Is Here
It began at Heathrow Terminal 3, passports in hand. I recorded a quick video before boarding because I simply could not keep it in. The day was finally here. I was looking forward to meeting the children, to seeing Bishop Ken Banda again, to the gala evening, and yes, to having my hair done up for it.
The Fulfilment Tour runs from 8 to 18 October 2026, and the pattern is the same as last year: go to the people most systems have forgotten, deliver the Fulfilment Course free of charge, and fund what we can.
City of Refuge Church, Chongwe: Where Kindness Became a Roof
Chongwe is a rural village some way outside Lusaka. It once had no school and no hospital, and it was not a place people went to. Bishop Ken Banda went anyway. He planted a church, looked around at children with nowhere to learn, and started a school.
This visit, we gathered at City of Refuge Church. We worshipped together, prayed with the community, and shared a meal, and we saw the school building that now has its roof. Last year, K60,000 went towards that roof, given by the individuals and organisations who sponsored the tour. It is not finished, and there are still no windows, doors, or floors. But a roof changes what a building site is. It is the difference between a project that is paused and one that is dying.
Bishop Ken Banda once described the room plainly: forty children squeezed in together, no desks, no seats, sitting on the floor. And they came anyway, every single day. Now the work is to build more classrooms, so that forty children in one room become a sentence about the past.
Standing on the Land for Home of Happiness
Home of Happiness in Lusaka is a home for children with disabilities. There is very little public provision for these children in Zambia, and where provision is missing, assumption rushes in: that a child with a disability is a burden to be managed rather than a person with something to give. Home of Happiness exists to say otherwise, on very little money and with very few people.
Last year, the tour's gift to them was land, a permanent home so that they no longer have to wonder how long they can stay where they are. This week, we stood on that land. A trustee of Home of Happiness spoke about what this place will mean for the children, and the conversation turned to the practical next steps, from a borehole to a fence. Standing on bare, dry ground and hearing people describe the home that will grow there is something I cannot put into words, so I filmed it to share with you.
“Kindness is the sweet fragrance of the soul, drifting quietly into the dark to remind us we are never truly alone.”
What Last Year's Kindness Became
It is worth pausing on what one trip grew into:
Purpose discovery for more than a hundred Zambians, including business owners, church leaders, students, and people in their fifties, many of whom are still walking in what they found.
Support for children with disabilities at Home of Happiness in Lusaka.
Land secured for the children's permanent home.
Rural outreach in Chongwe, and a school roof where children were learning on a bare floor.
What Is Happening on the Fulfilment Tour Zambia 2026
A roof is not a finished school, and land is not yet a building. That is why the tour returned with a wider programme:
The Fulfilment Course, delivered free to anyone who wants to attend.
A three day in house camp meeting with the locals, hosted by The Rural Outreach Ministry.
Outreach to local orphanages, including a return to Home of Happiness.
A gala appreciation dinner in Lusaka, honouring people whose work rarely gets noticed.
The Quiet Givers Behind This Kind of Kindness
Here is the part I find most moving. Most events recover their costs from the people who attend. This one cannot, because the people it is for are exactly the ones a ticket price would exclude. So the tour is paid for in advance, by people who will never sit in the room.
That is kindness in its quietest form. No audience, no applause, just a gift that arrives before the need is even met. It is the same truth I keep coming back to: some of the loudest kindness is the kind no one ever hears about.
What Kindness Would You Want to Outlast You?
Think about the kindness that is still shaping your life today. Someone gave you time, a chance, a word, or a place to stand, and you are still living inside the effect of it.
So, what about you? What is one act of kindness someone started for you that is still standing years later? What is one small thing you could give this week that will still be doing good next year? And who around you needs a roof, even a small one, before the rain comes?
Join the Conversation
Drop a 🤍 in the comments if you believe kindness should outlast the moment or tag a friend who gives quietly and never asks for credit.
Then do one small act of kindness today and come and share it with us. It does not have to be big. It just has to be real.
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Have a lovely week.
Lola 🪻
About the Author
Lola Adeosun is the founder of Memriz, a purpose-led brand built around intentional kindness, meaningful connection, and transformational learning, and the author of Memriz: Unveil Your Inner Flower. What began as hand-drawn poems for friends has grown into a movement helping people live more intentionally and create a ripple effect of kindness in their homes, workplaces, and communities.
Through the Community of Kindness, coaching, and the Master Your Inner Kindness experience, Lola leads masterclasses and conversations at memriz.online, and writes from real moments in her own life, like the one above, believing that kindness, once given, is a fragrance that lingers long after we are gone.
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