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13 Episodes 2007 - 2008
Episode 1
Jeff travels to Ng'ombe Township in Zambia to meet Annie Banda, a woman who provides for her family, and sends her oldest daughter to university by baking scones. Her dream is to have a bigger oven so that she can expand her business. He then travels to Mazabuka to meet Daudie and Memory Kamisi and find out more about their daughter Faridah, who suffers from cerebral palsy.
Episode 2
Jeff travels to Makenya area in Lusaka to meet Martha Mfula, a woman who really want to help the local street kids and their grandmother in the area. He then travels to Mutendere town to speak to Sandra Kasonso, the creator of Magic Hands of Africa, an organization that helps poor women earn an income.
Episode 3
Jeff travels to Bauleni compound in Lusaka to visit the Zambia Community Concerned Project Foundation, an organization that educates the community though various programs. He also goes to the little town of Chililabombwe to meet Mr. Power, an disabled man who doesn't let his disability get him down. He is a successful welder and family man with a dream of expanding his business.
Episode 4
Jeff makes his way to Ndola to meet Noah Manda, a disabled man with the dreams of publishing a book he wrote focusing on the rights of disabled people. He then travels to Chilenge for a visit with Auntie Inonge, a woman who gave up her career in teaching to look after 10 orphans.
Episode 5
At Garden compound in Lusaka Jeff meets Peter Banda, a young man who invented a new board game called Brain Soccer. He also visits the biggest medical institution in Zambia, the U.T.H. Special School in the Ridgeway area of Lusaka. It is a school for disabled children that doesn't have enough money for transportation for it's student or to complete and upgrade their classrooms.
Episode 6
Jeff finds himself in Kalingalinga where he meets Elias Lee Tembo, a social worker working with the orphans at the local school. Elias was offered a scholarship to further his studies in the Czech Republic, but can't afford the air ticket to go. Jeff also visits Memory in Livingston, a 19 year old girl who has been through more than most people go through in a lifetime.
Episode 7
Jeff travels to Mufulira in Copperbelt to meet the only surviving member of The Serenje Kalindula Band, Mr. Wisdom Destroyer, a blind man with the dream of starting a new music group. After that Jeff goes to the remote village of Chisekesi to visit Mama Maria Chinyama, an old lady that has to take care of her 11 grandchildren because all her children died.
Episode 8
Jeff finds himself in the town of Lubuto in Ndola, where he meets Sete Jere, an 71 year old lady who's husband and 8 of her children died of malaria. She has one daughter left and is struggling to make end meet. He then travels to Chongwe to visit Mary Ndhlovu, a 13 year old girl that has to take care of her HIV positive father. On top of that, their house is falling apart and she has to put herself through school. She makes money by taking pictures of people in the local village.
Episode 9
Jeff travels to John Laing compound to meet Basil Chileshe, a disabled tailor struggling to take care of his family. He has a dream of getting new equipment and expanding his tailoring business. Jeff then goes to Livingston to meet Cowboy Cliff, a remarkable man that takes tourists on bicycle tours at Victoria Falls, and uses the money he makes from the tours to build and fund a school in his community.
Episode 10
Once again Jeff travels to Livingston to meet Stephan Mpanga, a man who sells sweets on the street to provide for his family. He has a dream of owning his own shop to sell his sweets from. He then makes his way to Mutendere to meet Justin, a 9 year old boy who suffers from a disease called papilloma of the larynx. It prevents him from speaking properly or breathing properly and if the disease doesn't get treated, it may kill him. His parent cannot afford the operation he needs or the air ticket to get his to South Africa where the operation must be performed.
Episode 11
Jeff meets Astrida Chomba, a young woman who lives and works on her family's farm in Chongwe, Zambia. She completed her schooling, but cannot afford to go to college to further her education and she is really concerned about the welfare of her parents' farm. Jeff then meets Brighton Nkhoma, a young man with a dream of becoming a pilot. He has put himself through flying school, but cannot afford the flying lessons or 40 hours of flying time he needs to graduate.
Episode 12
Jeff meets Maggie Karimi, a 11 year old girl who wrote into Touching Live because her family was evicted from their home in Chelston. Her mother can't find work and is forced to sell her children's clothes and possessions to survive. Jeff then meets the Machachali Brothers in an area called Senior, three remarkable young boys who, without the help of parents or adults, look after themselves, puts themselves through school, and earn an income.
Episode 13
Jeff and Monica take a look back at some of the best stories of Touching Lives: Season One.