Female construction worker carrying a 20 litre bucket of water

The new Usa River school

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February 27th 2008
The carpentry team stayed at Moshono and continued to make furniture while the rest of us piled on one of the schools many colourful buses and went off to landscape the new school that had just been finished at Usa River. The school gave us two traditional African 3 prong hoes and 4 dubious shovels to do all the planting. The shovel blades were worn well down and in some cases the handle was ... read more

Africa » Tanzania » North » Arusha

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Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and po... ... read more