This last week was an interesting mix of items. I spent a lot of my week trying to get the site ready for my absence while I head home to the States awaiting my work/residence permit renewal process to be completed. But every time I started working on a project, one of the staff would…
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Follow up blog from last week
Last week I put out a couple of questions and some beginning of projects so I wanted to follow up. First the above picture is from a friend’s balcony who lives in Kinampanda which is along the ridge line before you drive into the valley where I live. This is her view overlooking said valley….
Knitting Table
This week I had the chance to help out one of my Peace Corp Volunteer friends who started a woman’s group that is now knitting, doing embroidery and sewing. The volunteer purchased a used knitting machine in Arusha for them last year and has been learning how to use it herself as well as getting…
Minority World Problems
One of my favorite YouTube videos other than Jeff Dunham and Achmed the Dead Terrorist is a water charity having Africans read people’s problems from what is normally referred to the First World but I typically refer to as the Minority world since those that live in those conditions are in the minority. So I…
Security?
This blog is actually about a work project on the site to repair the main entrance gates but I don’t feel I can adequately cover the topic without discussing the concept of security here in Tanzania to a Tanzanian. The concept of keeping what is mine is strongly ingrained into most of Africa. Yes in…
Birthday Work Celebration
I want to thank everyone for the birthday wishes via facebook. I especially want to thank T. Welborn and my parents for the very cute cards sent via post. A lot of folks asked what I did for my birthday. Well I spent the majority of my birthday gearing up for a next stage in…
Fixin’ things
This week I thought I would run through an account of some of the efforts to fix various things that I have encountered or some things that may need to be fixed. Let’s start with the rake from our site. Last year we bought the only form of rake you can find here in Singida…
Steve and Barnabas 