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Spring 2011
Wednesday the group came to our house again for unit house. Each week we ask what the students would like on the menu. We consistently get the…
In order to further explore the challenges and opportunities Tanzania faces related to education, poverty, and health care we visited WAMATA, a non-profit agency in Dar es…
This morning we all made it to Swahili class without a hitch, this after getting home Sunday evening after a full weekend. An impressive group. Tom Meyers,…
We spent the weekend in a small town about an hour north of Dar es Salaam called Bagamoyo. Loosely translated it means “where I lay my heart…
Yesterday afternoon Dr. Masebu, a historian from the University of Dar es Salaam, gave us a sweeping overview of the colonial period in Africa, with specific references…
Last evening we were without electricity (an increasingly frequent challenge for residents of Dar es Salaam) and therefore we could not post to the blog. So here…
William Cronon suggests, “the instability of human relations with the environment can be used to explain both cultural and ecological transformations.” Building on this theme, today we…
This weekends’ pictures speak for themselves. After a busy first week and a half, the students deserved some genuine respite and play. We traveled by ferry to…
Swahili class today included some wonderful singing of Tanzanian songs, both gospel and secular. in return, the students offered a hymn or two from the Mennonite hymnal. …
As you have begun to gather from previous posts, the daily schedule for students goes something like this. Anywhere between 7-8:30 a.m. students arrive at Upanga Church…
