http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Sadha/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Sadha en-us Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:46:09 +0000 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:46:09 +0000 Just a quick update After our Lake Turkana trip we spent about 4 days with Hannah's old hostfather and he took us to see a lot of the work he does with the development organisation he works with and it was so amazing. He works with small struggling families right through to selfsufficient environmentall friendly orphanages. After this we headed to Tanzania with a lot of issues on the way inv http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Zanzibar-City/blog-208447.html Sooo just a quick update on the last couple of weeks. After debrief in Iringa we had a big closing ceremony which was really nice we got tshirts and then headed to Dar to spend our last couple of days together before most of the int volunteers flew out and the nationals went to uni. It was a hectic couple of days emotions were high and we all felt a sense of impending doom with their approachi http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/Nairobi/blog-204481.html Well I've finished with my placement. We had our community festival on Sunday and the finals of our sports league. It was a stressful affair because the day before everything looked like it was going to fail miserably but luckily on the day things seemed to mostly work themselves out. We had a guest speaker from VCT who spoke really well about AIDS and the importance of testing and unfortunately w http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Iringa/blog-195587.html Yayy..im super happy right now because all my blogs have come back I was stressing out when they all disappeared because im stupid and dont record events and stuff in my diary so this was my only record of my life here haha...i think mum you should print them all out right now WHenever i write a new one print itOnly 2 weeks left in placement and then a 3 day debrief and celebration in Iringa http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Njombe/blog-191648.html Firstly my little calf died I came back from Njombe and it wasn't there and Fledita informed me that kitoto kimekufe baby cow has died. I was so sad i bet it was those damn antsAnyway other than that sadness things are good. I went to Njombe on friday on a motorcycle 2.5hrs and my god...pain The roads are pretty bad here so it was extremely bumpy and the motorbike didnt have very good http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Iringa/blog-182293.html So this week has been a busy week because I've been here alone my partner has been lost in a void and has messaged me saying she is coming back tomorrow only 2 weeks late Primary school started yesterday and I ended up finishing the lessons quite quickly its hard for me to answer questions because of my swahili so we played games for the rest of the lesson. I've heard the kids out in the pla http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Njombe/blog-180025.html More picsnbspAfrica raquonbspTanzania raquonbspIringa raquonbspNjombe By SadhaJuly 7th 2007SadhaJust a few more pics. Had monthly meeting yesterday in August we will be running an HIVAID Testing day for our village where lots of villagers will test hopefully and also a community festival with the finals of our sports league finals of arts competition guest speakers and some se http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Njombe/blog-178319.html Things I love about africa at this moment Hehewhen young kids in the street come up and put their hands on your head and then to your chest which means shikamoo and pole na kazi respectful greeting and sorry for your workthe beautiful and varied landscapehow everyone greets everyone yoursquore never in too much of a rush to stop and greet a friend or acquaintance. Dancing in the living http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Njombe/blog-176318.html ok only have 3 mins time left uploaded some photos will put some more up tomoz and finish this blog i wrote a relaly long blog yesterday but comp died and i lost it...TIT Ok so our holiday was spent chilling out doing things very unafrican. Everything we did was such a luxury and things we hadn't done for up to 6 months We spent a day at a beautiful beach 10mins out of dar central and http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-174116.html I'm in Dar and Hannah is sitting right next to me. I'm so unbelievably happy right now We arrived in Dar on wednesday 6 hours late 14hrs on a bus and after a small incidence with a pepsi bottle through our windscreen. We were all ok just a few scratches but we had to wait around for hours while people got fixed up at the hospital and spoke to the police. We finally arrived at 8.30 and from http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/East/Dar-es-Salaam/blog-169801.html Ok well I was sick all last week. Didn't end up taking any of the antibiotics prescribed to me because it turned out the doctror had prescribed me medicine to treat TB. I got better or so I thought but now I have a head cold and some lingering stomach issues which are just getting annoying now can anyone say Giardia. I went back to village on sunday after a week of lying in bed and stayed f http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Njombe/blog-167298.html Photo blognbspAfrica By SadhaMay 29th 2007SadhaAnother bunch of photos Enjoy them muchly some are old some recent.Unfortunately I haven't been able to upload the photos from my school because I got ill and Connor has returned to village with his camera. I will try to do this asap. I'm sorry http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/blog-161990.html Well a bunch of us SPW vols came into town on Friday for a big Peace Corps crafts fair and party on saturday and we had a lot of fun but then Eliza and I woke up on sunday feeling pretty lousy. We thought we both had the flu but we went to the hospital today to get some tests done just in case and the doctor who was a total jerk told me that I have 3 infections and Eliza has one severe kidne http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Njombe/blog-163051.html I arrived back into Lugarawa yesterday afternoon after 5 days out of village I went to Iringa and changed my flights and searched for my camera..have I already told you this and the house was a mess Spider webs had grown across the room the floor was covered in the rubble from our crumbling walls and there were bugs EVERYWHERE I moved everything out swept the floor walls windows and doo http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/blog-158735.html Okkk...so I have 18mins to tell you all about my placementWe've been in placement for a month now and things are definitely moving slower than I would like but TIT To teach an entire weak of school is a feat in itself because there are always interruptions to the school and our timetables. We have reduced our lessons to 3day and next week are going to rearrange our timetables so that we are s http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/blog-157641.html Hello everyoneFirst of all I want to thank everyone again for supporting me and helping me make it over to Tanzania I wouldnrsquot be here without your help. I have another favour to ask of you all. Since arriving in Lugarawa the village I am living in I have been amazed at their obsession with football or soccer for us Aussiersquos and their devotion to the game at all levels. Lugarawa http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/blog-155403.html Just a quick update coz my bus back to village leaves in 20minsAm in Njombe town at the moment had to escape from village to go to bank and then Eliza was in town so decided to stay overnight. The last 2 weeks has been such a huge shock and have found it really hard. Things with teaching been moving slowly lots of interruption too much work exhausted. Also gets pretty lonely didnt realise ho http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/blog-153383.html Hey guysSo we arrived in Lugarawa on the Wednesday the 11th of april after a 5hr extremely bumpy bus ride. Lugarawa really is beautiful its in a lush green valley surrounded on all sides by huge rolling hills. In the mornings its all misty and makes me want to sing ldquothe hills are alive with the sound of music...bongo flavardquoAnyway we were slow to get started because our house wasn http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/blog-149613.html So a lot has gone down in the last week. We taught a lesson with our real partners found out where we are placed had some placement issues made an SPW calender wrote a song said goodbye to Clare and soon on Monday we will be saying goodbye to eachother.The lesson with my partner Neema went ok it wasn't great because SPW had some trouble finding students for us and we didnt teach until abou http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Iringa/blog-145658.html So you've already heard about some of the big changes that have occurred in the SPW Tanzania program due to funding issues well heres another We were getting all prepared to leave for our village placements this Wednesday the wazungu were stressed but ready and then yesterday in walks Clare our program manager looking kind of scared and nervous and says So I have some news...some of you wil http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Iringa/blog-143398.html