Changes are part of life. Things are changing fast here in Tanzania since the roads have been completed linking major cities and regions of the country. The number of buildings being built here in Singida reminds me of the Fairview Road area of Simpsonville. I remember when we got the Hardee’s at the intersection with…
Eyeglasses and Note Cards
Virginia, a church member at Mauldin United Methodist collected eyeglasses and mailed them over along with a few goodies for me in the box. There were 60 pairs of glasses and the staff at the medical clinic jumped on the chance to start distributing them. They started at the local flea markets that pop up once…
Celebrations
So wanted to keep getting caught up on some of my blog topics from around the time the computer was stolen. One of them was getting to participate in a couple of celebrations. The first one was a May Day Party held the second week of September. Apparently it is common to have a May…
Talking to Engineers and Wind Power
Got a rare treat last night and not just talking about the roasted cow meat without all the bones in it. Several of the Peace Corp Volunteers were in town before heading out to paint a room in the house of one of the volunteers who teaches physics. They were looking to spend some time…
Tanzania Tidbits-BRRR and how to install a box in a wall Tanzania Steve style
Due to the loss of the computer and the limited amount of work I seem to be able to get done on the cafe computers I am very late with some blog material. So I am going to combine a couple of topics again this time. They include: BRRR it’s cold aka where is the…
Bye Bye Computer, pictures and a weekend of accounting work.
I think most everyone knows now that my laptop was stolen from my hotel room during my recent trip to the village and to Nduguti for a crochet class. To get the full effect of how that day went check out The Yarn’s Over blog to hear about the exciting travel from that trip and extremely…
Let there be light and mosquito screens!
First in no way am I comparing this weeks work of lighting up the medical clinic to God creating the Sun-just thought I should clarify that. Lights on in the building at early dusk I am currently back in Singida in the comfort of my hotel room and real shower enjoying a few days in…
Power-It’s not just for city folk!
So one of the things most people find shocking about our medical clinic is that it has real electricity. It did have a solar panel and battery installed four to five years ago but it was not a system that was matched up or sized to the need. Add to that its age and lack…
Tanzania Odds and Ends
Some of you who follow my Facebook postings know I suffered a bit the other weekend with stomach issues that also hit me this last weekend. I am going to use that as a convenient excuse why I did not get to this posting earlier, but in reality I have just struggled with what to say about these…
Sixth Month Trip to Nairobi-Slums, Science Experiments, Girls who Box and a Riot that almost was
Wow hard to believe it was time for my second trip to Nairobi-For those who have not been following long-my visa in Tanzania requires I leave the country every 90 days (most countries have something like this) and so I take a bus to Nairobi, Kenya for a couple of days of good food and…
Steve and Barnabas 