There is nothing quite like an hour long African aerobics step class to conclude a day of work. No matter what my mood is, how lethargic I am, or how scrambled my mind feels from the day, my spirits are always higher as I stretch my fatigued legs on the half mile walk home in the evening's …
Waking up to a car horn blaring some 50 feet from my bedroom window or listening to a dog fight outside our gate at 3am are common occurrences that fall under the label "extremely frustrating." I have been harboring a lot of frustrations lately. Things that get under my skin that are simply a part …
The sunlit room full of primary school students hushed quiet as Neema presented us with a finely written letter of thanks on behalf of the school for our gift of new chalkboards. Their song and dance celebration of thanks continued on even after the electricity went out and the speaker system went silent. Their excitement to …
Welcome to 2017. Last year concluded very well. December felt like a long month of mostly holiday vacation, very little structure to my schedule, and lots for fruitful free time to spend with my thoughts, my hobbies, and my developing Arusha community. Christmas was delightful in Nairobi. I basked in the time with friends, the abundance of yummy …
The work ethic, ingenuity, and can do attitude of Tanzanians is undeniable. Things here are often pole pole (slowly slowly), but when a goal is financed and the start date is set things can really hit the ground running! Wednesday Dec. 21st we asked if we could help the Arusha Integrated School by fixing up …
Nine chalkboards in Nine classrooms are in dire need of repair. Students at the Arusha Integrated Primary School where Johanna and I teach, rely entirely on the notes, lessons, and tests written on the chalkboard by their teachers. In the couple weeks I have spent teaching here, it became very clear that the awful condition of the chalkboards …
I am sitting in a local cafe working on the computer, listening to Christmas music, pondering the count down until Dec 25th, and sweating from the warm air a fan insists on assaulting me with. It's the first day of winter! Formal work at V4Y closed down last week until January, so I have enjoyed relaxing …
Youth are the solution not the problem!" This slogan sat proudly on the backs of each kid and drew my thoughts for much of the youth camp. A strong call for youth to be active agents for change within their country and communities, and a reciprocal call for the society to intentionally involve youth societal change, planning, and …
"How does it feel to have internet access at your house? Handy? Too distracting? A nice balance?" - Jessie My goal for this trip was to write a blog post a week. I wanted to keep people updated without writing gobs of emails, and I wanted to spend intentional time on my writing. I had …
Daladalas are everywhere and they're cheep. But each mode of transport here has its pros and cons: For 5x the price of a daladala I can get to the town center on a bodaboda (paid motorcycle) in 1/3rd the time, with 10x the fun, 1/4th the walking, 5x the exhaust/dust, 1/7th the swetty discomfort, 4.5x …
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