2. KARUCO Travel Blog Nothing says 'ahhh' like a pleasant flight safely landed at the destination on time. We are in Amsterdam. Our half of the KARUCO Team 2015 (Christopher Jones and me; see Blog Post 1) are grateful to be this far on our journey. If you are new to the blog you may not know that we are 1/3 of the way. Next up is a flight to Entebbe, Uganda and then the final 1/3 of our journey - the 6 hour drive from Kampala, Uganda across the border into Tanzania and finally to Kayanga, Karagwe. PARTNER FOCUS: We are excited to meet up with John Wade from MSAADA Architects who will meet us in Karagwe and help assess water needs and resources for KARUCO. Meet John, another member of the KARUCO 2015 Team. ... read more

With great need comes great opportunity. Instead of feeling sorry for people and offering pity that does no one any good - ETI sees the problems in Karagwe as "Great Opportunity". Catch this video and see for yourself why so many want to be part of this amazing story. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8QDoDb_1yI... read more

Why Establish a University in Karagwe? KARUCO – Karagwe University College The aim of establishing KARUCO is to prepare young people from Tanzania to build entrepreneurial Agri-business committed to sustainability and social justice – - That will bring social and economic transformation to Karagwe and surrounding areas. Why Entrepreneurial Agri-business? Agriculture is the backbone of the Tanzanian economy. More than 90% of people in Karagwe are small-scale farmers and more than 80% of all Tanzanians rely on agriculture to live from day to day. Most farm for subsistence. These people face overwhelming challenges including depleted soils, poor seeds, lack of clean water, lack of access to meaningful markets, and confining roles especially for women who toil, fetch water and supplies but are removed from reve... read more

The focus of this final photo journal entry for the "Karagwe Unplugged Trip" is "Building KARUCO". Building KARUCO means many things - building the campus; developing the program; establishing the infrastructure needed; building financial capacity through ETI - to name a few. This entry however focuses on the actual bricks and mortar. Speaking of which, take a good look at the rock foundation. All hand- cut rock- I can still hear the hammer. It looks beautiful. This set of blog entries - Karagwe Unplugged- is Educate Tanzania's attempt to provide a virtual tour of Karagwe using the beautiful images of Ashley Miller of AshMill Photography. Http:/... read more

The focus of this photo journal entry is "People Posing (3)". There are few things as beautiful as Tanzanians going about life as they do, and therefore few things as lovely as capturing their candid moments. Having said that there are some wonderful opportunities to line up, gather people together, and memorialize events, meetings, and gatherings by taking an organized photo of the group. Ashley was asked repeatedly to do this conventional task although her real strengths seemed to lie with her less conventional keen eye for detail, design, and capturing Tanzanian life close-up and personal. When I looked at the group photos all together - as one- I was struck with the amount of work Drs. Bagonza and Katabaro put into organizing so many groups to meet with the Educate Tanzania team, and struck with ... read more