Somewhere High Above Kenya

From Dar es Salaam to Nairobi to Johannesburg to Antananarivo:

December 23rd 2012
I was up at 1AM as I had to be at the airport to check in for a 5AM flight. My driver, Smoker (yes that is his name), was there are 230AM. I think he slept in his van, just outside my gate, to make sure he was on time. We whipped through the empty streets of Dar and was at the airport ahead of time. This left me plenty of time to sit around in the humidity and start sweating long before the s ... read more

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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

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I left Canada on July 1st, 2011 and traveled to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I am happy to say that this adventure is beyond my expectations. First and foremost, my work with Femina (www.feminahip.or.tz) is great. Femina is a multimedia platform and civil society organization. It provides information and encourages open dialogue with Tanzanian youth, families and communities on important topics like sexual and reproductive health, economic empowerment and citizen engagement. Their approach provides voice to youth and gets them engaged in topics related to improving their lives. Femina ha... full info

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