by Carlo | Feb 11, 2009 | Blog, Tanzania, Volunteer Work
Mzungu – Slang for “white person/man”. Its what the locals here call us white people. To put it mildly, its the African equivalent of the term “Nigger” in western society. So we’ve been living for a month exactly in Tanzania and...Tags: africa, corruption, mzungu, tanzania, volunteer
by Carlo | Feb 10, 2009 | Blog, Tanzania, Volunteer Work
Here are a few more photo’s from our volunteer project in Arusha.Tags: africa, tanzania, volunteer
by Carlo | Feb 6, 2009 | Blog, Tanzania, Volunteer Work
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by Carlo | Feb 5, 2009 | Blog, Tanzania, Volunteer Work
The Serengeti is Africa’s most famous game reserve, renowned for its dense predator population and annual wildebeest migration. The Serengeti is so vast and barren that it covers an area of over 15,000km2.…which is the approx size of Northern Ireland! To put it...Tags: africa, serengeti, tanzania, volunteer
by Carlo | Jan 29, 2009 | Blog, Tanzania, Volunteer Work
Well we’ve been informed that we don’t have to teach monday or tuesday next week due some local tribe celebrations so we decided that instead of scratching ourselves for four days, that we’d go ahead and book a four day safari into the serengiti! So...Tags: serengeti, tanzania, volunteer
by Carlo | Jan 26, 2009 | Blog, Tanzania, Volunteer Work
Friday 23rd Jan. Well we have finished our first full week of volunteer work. We are positioned and a pre-primary school called Meru view. It got its name as its located at the foot of Mt Meru, which is the fifth largest mountain in Africa. The school is very basic....Tags: africa, tanzania, volunteer
