Our Host Family on New Year's Day

The First Week

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January 3rd 2010
Happy New Year! Volunteering We are one week into volunteering here. The first week brought both rewards and challenges. This is what we ended up doing in our first week: We learned that most everyone at LOHADA had the week off that we were here. Consequently, the children who were staying at LOHADA because they had no place to go would have been pretty much cooped up i ... 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