In Memory of Betty Ncumbe

Betty, the other kitchen staff and myself

This past week I had the opportunity to go to a Zambian funeral.  One of our kitchen workers Betty Ngumbe passed away.  Betty was 8 months pregnant with her 7 child and was a diabetic.  Sadly she lost the baby and while she was left to deliver her stillborn child she passed away.  Not too much information was given to us about what happened as this is the Zambian Culture.

Betty is on the right dancing away at a festival we went to

In Zambian culture family from far and wide come to the funeral house and stay there all week, the entire village and people from the villages close by also show up on the day of the funeral.

Betty’s husband Mr. Teddy also works for us as our human resources manager. As staff of Overland we helped out in whatever way possible, from providing food for all the people that came to transporting the people from the church to the burial ground.

These are all the people going from the church to the burial site

Betty worked with Overland for the past 6 years and always had a smile on her face.  She was known for giving the Americans their Zambian names and she loved to dance.