JOANNE BOLLINGER, of Brunswick and resident of Thornton Oaks retirement community, reads to children from the Sishekanu Basic School on her trip last June to Zambia. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

JOANNE BOLLINGER, of Brunswick and resident of Thornton Oaks retirement community, reads to children from the Sishekanu Basic School on her trip last June to Zambia. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

JOANNE BOLLINGER, of Brunswick and resident of Thornton Oaks retirement community, reads to children from the Sishekanu Basic School on her trip last June to Zambia. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

JOANNE BOLLINGER, of Brunswick and resident of Thornton Oaks retirement community, reads to children from the Sishekanu Basic School on her trip last June to Zambia. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

JOANNE BOLLINGER displays goods made at the Women’s Center sponsored by WISE in Kaoma, Zambia. ROSANNA GARGIULO : THE TIMES RECORD