July 4 to July 8, 2011: For the first week, we found ourselves at the VSO offices at “In Country Training”. It was a chance to slowly immerse ourselves into the Tanzanian culture through a variety of seminars, speakers, and exercises. There were 15 of us who came from all over. 2 from Canada, 5 from the U.K., 3 from The Netherlands, 2 from Uganda, 1 from Kenya, and 2 from The Philippines. We all fit into 3 groups… - Education (retired teachers, head masters, administration types, etc. who help with the educational system in Tanzania) - Health (Doctors, nurses, me, IT people who will work to make hospitals more efficient, etc.) - Sustainable Living (fundraising, etc.) It was time for us to get familiar with one another because this would be the people we will
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