Our two wonderful volunteers, Jackie and Susan were certainly ‘dropped into the deep end’ with their first teaching post here in Tanzania facing classes of over 60 students! They are teaching for their first week at Ngaruma Vocational Training Centre which is about a 20 minute drive from our residence. There are about 80 students […]
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Bulletin #2 from Africa: Busy First Days!
Even though we are all slowly recovering from jet lag and interrupted sleep patterns we have had a busy few days since leaving Moshi town and settling into our residence at the Sekao Kili Lodge in the ward of Marangu West. First order of business was to familiarize ourselves with the workings of the kitchen […]
Local Heroes in Tanzania – Sebastian
For almost a decade Sebastian, or as we call him ‘Seba’ has been our trusted ABCDreams agent and advisor in his home community, and our home-away-from-home, Marangu West. But he’s more than that now…he is a friend. Besides being a very good friend of ABCD Canada, Sebastian has earned a great deal of credibility and […]
Getting Around the Neighbourhood
The team has been doing a lot of hiking to see local attractions and, importantly, to visit our schools and projects, which are often quite a distance away. 3 hour hikes through the forest, led by Sebastian, are not uncommon and we are really enjoying the experience. On one hike we were lucky to find […]
Our Amazing Volunteers at Work
Jan and Cori are invaluable team members for our work here in the villages. They are contributing tremendously to the success of the annual ABCD visit. They worked together to unpack, sort and organize the mountain of donated and purchased materials. This resulted in about 60 bags full of big bars of soap, vaseline for […]