This week concludes my time in Arusha. The nostalgia is settling thickly over my time here. This feels very much like the beginning of the end though I still have much to look forward to. Next week I move to Mugumu for my much anticipated work at the Safe House, and then I get to spend …
Flipping through my SST journal from six years ago has helped to add some perspective to my current experiences in Tanzania. I'm actually impressed with my 20-21 year old self's analysis and introspection, and I'm surprised by the threads that run through that writing and my current experience. As I've stated before, I love questions. …
I had the great pleasure of hosting my parents on their first trip to East Africa! For those who spend extended periods abroad, it is a great treat to have friends and family come visit the life we've made for yourself in a new land. (prepare for a long post and many photos...) My parents both …
My birthday always come around and I am reminded less of myself and more of all the wonderful strong women I share this world with. International Women's Day (IWD) falls on March 8th each year and is "a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call …
Level by level, rung by rung, step by step, little by little. A Kiswahili phrase I learned from the local Maasai boy who was basically my personal guide up Raspberry Hill and down to the Themi Hills waterfall. A phrase I often pair with another popular Swahili saying: pole pole meaning slowly. These concepts are very familiar …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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