{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"EWB Canada","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/en\/","author_name":"Comms","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/en\/author\/august-admin\/","title":"What's it like to live and work in Lusaka? - EWB Canada","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/en\/news-and-events\/news\/whats-like-live-work-lusaka\/\">What&#8217;s it like to live and work in Lusaka?<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\n<!--\/\/--><![CDATA[\/\/><!--\n\t\t\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n\t\t!function(c,d){\"use strict\";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display=\"none\";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if(\"link\"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement(\"a\"),i=d.createElement(\"a\"),a.href=r.getAttribute(\"src\"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener(\"message\",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",t,!1),c.addEventListener(\"load\",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf(\"MSIE 10\"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(\/Trident.*rv:11\\.\/),i=d.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute(\"security\"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document);\n\/\/--><!]]>\n<\/script><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewb.ca\/en\/news-and-events\/news\/whats-like-live-work-lusaka\/embed\/\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What&#8217;s it like to live and work in Lusaka?&#8221; &#8212; EWB Canada\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/ewb.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/lusaka3.jpg","thumbnail_width":1800,"thumbnail_height":1200,"description":"This post is by Brian Putre, a recently returned Professional Fellow from our partner WSP. Brian spent six months working with Rent-to-Own in Zambia. This was originally published on WSP&#8217;s website. Le fran\u00e7ais suit. As my time in Zambia has come to an end, I can honestly say that I\u2019ve thoroughly enjoyed my life in Lusaka and grew to think of this city as home. Upon realizing that I haven\u2019t yet written much about Lusaka in previous blog posts, I thought that it would be a great time to describe the city in some more detail. It may not be a Rome or a New York City, but it\u2019s a special place to me and hopefully there are some bits and pieces of what I\u2019m about to describe that you will find fascinating. Lusaka is located near the geographical centre of Zambia and was constructed on a plateau resulting in a more temperate climate than in other parts of the country such as the Luangwa and Lower Zambezi valleys.\u00a0It is Zambia\u2019s capital and largest city at a little over 1.5 million inhabitants, and it is growing rapidly.\u00a0People from all over Zambia have moved to Lusaka and are now living and working there, and the city is well connected to the rest of the country with major thoroughfares branching out to the north, east, south, and west. An interesting fact about Lusaka is that it, in a sense, has its own language. The \u201cTown Nyanja\u201d spoken in Lusaka is noticeably different from the Nyanja spoken elsewhere in the country. Lusaka is a city of extremes. Some areas have nice houses and malls. When you\u2019re inside them you don\u2019t really realize that you\u2019re in Africa.\u00a0It is quite pleasant to walk around outside in these areas.\u00a0Lusaka does not have much in terms of [&hellip;]"}