For this blog entry we thought we would focus on our school, but first, a little background. Geographically, the Anglican Diocese of Central Tanganyika covers the Dodoma Region, which includes both urban and rural parts. The region has a population of over 1.2 million people of which 500,000 are Anglicans. As both rural and urban districts of Dodoma are some of the least developed in the country and government secondary schools are very few in this area, the Diocese is heavily engaged in education, from kindergarten through to primary (up to Grade 7 equivalent) and secondary. The Diocese operates several schools of which the Canon Andrea Mwaka School (CAMS) where Gerry and I teach is one. The other diocesan schools teach the Tanzanian curriculum and follow the Tanzanian school year, which begins in January. The CAMS
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