Today's All Said and Done Podcast features a 55-year-old mother of four, a social worker by profession. The world showed its ugly side when her partner in a 20-year-long marriage asked her for a divorce. She believed at the time in her courage and hoped to heal someday. Nine years later, it lingered in many ways that divorce is not easy. Overall, she speaks here of all her difficulties plus what she could have done differently. I present Judy Manda.

She was engaged to be married. Then found out that she was HIV+ and the world closed in on her. Her fiancé rejected her, the family stood by her. Today, married with two sons and living positively. My guest on All Said and Done Podcast is Duba Sakala that has dedicated her life to showing others that being HIV+ is not a life sentence.

This is a case of seeing the brighter side of an otherwise sad situation. This episode of All Said and Done Podcast features Namutula Sindila a gender and child rights activist that undertakes actionable activism around gender-based violence (GBV). Here she shares her story and life-serving lessons for those under the yoke of GBV and makes a call to action for stakeholders as well as society at large. She champions the rights of women and girls. Multitasking with mother duties.

This episode of All Said and Done Podcast features the last born of 33 children. One father and multiple mothers. Wilbroad Simfukwe grew up sickly. At age 14 he discovered he was HIV positive. His world came to a halt, suicidal thoughts gripped his mind. In denial, he took long to consistently take prescribed treatment which brought him to near death. He speaks out on how his spiritual conviction and counseling helped him get back on treatment to a point that today he has an undetectable viral load.

All Said and Done Podcast in this episode features Lucky Chiyowele an entrepreneur that started early in life. He built a multi-million-kwacha business and as sure as the sun rises, disruption happened; Lucky lost it all. He went into depression for 5 years. But like a well inflated ball, he bounced back and has a story to tell right here.

The episode of All Said and Done Podcast recapitulates on the motivation notes given by our past episodes’ guests. This is the bedrock of this podcast, to pick each other up. Take a listen.

In episode 14, All Said and Done Podcast features a social worker that was happily married but because she was without a child, friends and relatives called her ‘good for nothing’. This drove her up the wall to do the unexpected which landed her 5 years in prison with hard labour and only to discover she was pregnant after a few days in prison.

Today All Said and Done Podcast features 29-year-old Bridget Mercy Chela. A Diploma graduate in Education that 5 years ago decided to open a Community School and Orphanage that takes in over 500 vulnerable children of Luanshya. Listen to her story of determination and focus.

She got widowed after only 10 years in marriage, left with four kids. She was just 35 years old. She never remarried and at 73 years old she recounts how the husband’s family went for the house including his underwear. All Said and Done Podcast features Mrs. Margaret Makangila.

For the first time he speaks of how his heart is troubled over the manner he left priesthood. On All Said and Done Podcast episode 11, Frank Bwalya opens up like never before on how he became an ordained Catholic Priest, why he left and now a married man. He doesn’t beat about when giving counsel that we all need to pray for one another to be happy in life.