A couple of weeks ago I talked about some of the fatalistic attitude you will find here in Tanzania and honestly in much of the majority world. Want to make sure we are using terms the same here: Fatalism is the belief that what will happen has already been decided and cannot be changed from…
That is a lot of paint!!!!
This has been a full week and many things I think are worth sharing both from the standpoint of what it takes to do things here or slightly humorous. So basically this will more than likely be a long blog.As I mentioned a couple of blogs ago, I will be moving out to the site to live…
Nairobi last visit of the year
This was my last visit to Nairobi and I tried to make it a big one. I added three days to the normal trip so I would not be so rushed especially since it is a day there and a day back on the shuttle. Was glad I did as I was able to work…
Peace Corp Volunteer Girls Conference
Got the opportunity to particpate in the Girl’s Conference put on by some of the Peace Corp volunteers. They did a four day event in Singida, housing and feeding the girls from I think 6 different secondary schools in rural areas for a total of about 30 girls with the purpose to empower them. They…
Changes are part of life-Moving
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…
Steve and Barnabas 