If your father was born in the UK and had not legally given up his British citizenship by the time you were born, you are a dual citizen and can just apply for a British passport.

EDIT: No idea what a 'customary' marriage is but if it is a legal marriage in Zambia, it will be considered legal for UK citizenship purposes. If it is not, see this page http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/britishcitizenship/eligibility/children/britishcitizen/borntobritishfather/ for instructions on proving paternity.

International NGOs usually have Internet contact information for their onsite staff, and these staff members might be able to connect you with government staff/social workers. I suggest:

CARE International UK : Zambia
www.careinternational.org.uk/Zambia/141.twb

UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/zambia.html

OxFam
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam_in_action/where_we_work/zambia.html

These INGOs are swamped with emails, so be sure yours is professional in tone, provides complete details about yourself, and is as to-the-point as possible. You may have to write many people before you get an answer.

Don't go to camp next to the River Zambezi as you may be eaten by a crocodile or else a hippo. I seem to remember Manda Hills was an excellent secure place to eat and shop (on the outskirts of Lusaka). Also Mazabuka has a nice supermarket called Shoprite with a nice southern fried chicken place outside. I also rang the UK from a phone there inside a small shop where they were advertising. A bit expensive (about a pound per minute but got a clear line- however nowadays you could use a mobile but not sure of the price difference). Livingstone is beautiful- don't miss it. A very safe town with street lighting and nice hotels, restaurants, shops and clubs as well as the famous Victoria Falls. If you visit the Victoria Falls walk down to the 'Boiling Pot' which is the bottom and if you happen to pass baboons as I did then do not appear threatening but calmly walk past, slowly and do not walk towards them unless you want them all to jump on you!! Lusaka city centre is ok but avoid walkign with a lot of money. Do not carry a wallet there. Also avoid the copperbelt as I hear there are a lot of thieves there too and the south of Zambia is better in my opinion anyway, unless you want to cross the border and visit Tanzania- might be worth a trip- take the bus ride from Lusaka but do not carry your life savings in case you happen to be robbed. Best if you travel with a black person who might be mistaken as a Zambian or better still travel with a Zambia. AIDS is rife in Zambia so if you are attracted to the opposite sex there use protection. There are many prostitutes in Livingstone as they know the tourists go there so be careful in the night clubs. I am not sure about fishing. This country is inland but you may be able to fish in the lakes or rivers.

I am an aussie as well (i live in QLD) and im always on Qantas ect all the time.

Without even looking, you will have to catch a flight from Perth to Johanasburg then connect to Zambia.

I will have a look for you but ill see what I can find....i will update this once I am done!

OK...Flight from Perth to Johanasburg is operated by South African Airways and can be booked on Qantas.com.au for $1770 with taxes included.

From Johanasburg to Ndola is operated by South African Airlink (a bit like QantasLink) and that can be purchased from Southafrican Airways website for 2,603 Rand which concerts to $433 AUD.

PER-JBN is on the 27th of August but it is an overnight flight and you only have to be in Johanasberg for 4 hours!

There are other airlines between J'burg and Ndola but I would not fly on them as they purchase there aircraft 2nd hand that are 20 years old and they do not keep good matnanance as do most African Airlines so I would not fly on them. South African are a quality airline as they are in the Star Alliance and I would trust their planes more than any other African one!

But also go to your Travel Agent, they may have some GREAT deals that they dont advertise. They do that sometimes, have a look and go and talk to them! They may do a deal with you seen as you are doing volenteer work!

By far the easiest way is by mobile phone, if your mobile is unlocked from your home network, just get a Zambian SIM card (about $2) and buy talk time, this is available everywhere.

f you have a computer use a SIM modem (get data bundles for you SIM card by getting the card authorised for data and dialling the number on the card to load data credits)

Text messages are reasonably cheap, there are WiFi hot spots in most large cities and towns and also internet cafes. Mobile coverage is pretty good throughout the country.

Main network operators are Airtel, MTN and Zamtel, if your phone is locked to your Australian network provider, just can buy a cheap basic phone in Zambia for about US $12 and use that (again available everywhere). Mobile phones are also available everywhere, the cheapest are locked to Zambian networks but many slightly more expensive ones aren't and you can use these back home with your Aus SIM card in.

Check with your own operator to see if the above networks are compatible with your own operator and you can use your own phone on roaming, usually more expensive than using a Zambian network however.

Zambia is a very beautiful African country. Tourists like to go there for the amazing natural attractions such as Victoria Falls, and to go on wild animal safaris where they can see elephants, giraffes, and other wildlife.

It was formerly known as Northern Rhodesia when it was colonized by Europeans. They gained their independence in 1962. (Southern Rhodesia became Zimbabwe).

It is a very peaceful country where most of the population lives in urban areas.

It would be very difficult to try to figure out any Customs duty for another country. You would not be liable for these charges, the recipient would have to pay before they would be given the item.

You can use the website of the Universal Postal Union, www.upu.org, and contact Zambian authorities to try to get an answer.

Any idiot, except one, knows that Customs Duty can NOT be prepaid. There is no way for anyone in the US to determine if; the Zambian authorities are even going to inspect the package and, what value they would assign to the items in the package and, what the rates of duty are for different types of products imported into Zambia.

Warning: Beware using any of the contact information provided by the Postal Worker wannabe. he generally posts scam contact numbers and websites.

Yes. Together, they have put the Lion to sleep tonight (whee dee-dee-deeee dee whee um-um away..), and all parties in Zambia are doomed to finding leftover gan mien and zebra bones on the carpet in the morning after. Thanks goodness the Americans can bring in their Hoover-made products and clean up the mess. It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJwgP44Ap9E

you can send if its really big with shipping company , that ship to Zambia ,

just call shipping company .

or check on the internet and call many shipping company .

check the cost or call shipping agent , he can hadle ,

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