Wednesday, August 16

Tanzania

I recall dam knowing all the rugby players in the Burundi team when he had fox.Well I saw them play Tanzania as the children of St Judes sang the african anthem at the game.This is a real experience just reinforcing how nice power,hot water and toilets (flushing an extra bonus) can be.This will be short as the power is only on for unknown periods of time.We have been building a roof,storage shed,Library stocktake,bookstand and ends,painting play equipment and really getting to see and experience life in Tanzania.Visited Masai village of staff here and the lives of the children.As the kids were getting to school tired we have 12 buses that do three trips per day to collect and deliver children to the nearest road stop.Some then have one-two hour walk home and work by lamp at night.Mt Kili and Mt Meru were awesome to see as they are very close to Arusha.St Judes website is great to see what is happening for anyone that is interested.Safari was great the camping in the african wild nice except for the pit toilets used by hundreds mean't I went bush but as we camped alonside the animals I didn't go too far.The sunsets/sunrises and simple life appeals to me.I miss my rock and little ones and will have lots of stories for them.I hope this works.
Jan

5 comments:

grant said...

Great work, Jan. It's sobering to read how hard some people struggle for education and what we take for granted here. Dom needs a lift to school (five blocks) if he has to carry his guitar. Can we get a student exchange going with your Tanzanian school? I'll visit the web site and see if there's anything we can do to help (as long as it doesn't involve me giving up red). What's the "stockade" for?

WA ROFF's said...

Grant,
Stocktke was for the library of which I knew nothing about.Stay safe Love Jan

grant said...

Oh, sorry, I misread "stocktake" for "stockade". It makes sense that you'd check what books are in the library rather than build a fort, but you never know...

damian said...

Are there more wild animals in Africa or in the mall in Gero on a Friday night?

WA ROFF's said...

are you thinking of our night club "the zoo"?

kate