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Andrew SmithNESC Fellow
Tanzania Oct 2010 – Jan 2011
Tanzanian Dreams!!
What your placement might be really like
The Itinerary!Getting to your placement
DarThe Journey Options
TaboraThe TownThe HouseThe FoodThe Social LifeThe People
The WorkThe TeamThe Villages
Top Tips
Getting to your PlacementAfrica – An amazing,
stunning, beautiful, assault on the senses.
Sights, sounds, smells, tastes and the heat.
Dar es Sallam: Big sprawling city, exciting, scary, smelly, worth a short visit.
Current trip = Plane to Dar, Plane to Mwanza then bus or transport to Tabora. There are other options!
Tabora
The House New House 3 bedrooms - one large one can fit 2 single beds when 4 people
overlapNice big gardenrunning water as we have tanks (but none at the moment as we didntturn meter on however have ahuge rainwater tank )
2 bathrooms - one bathtub with shower, one shower in other bathroom.shower works when there is water (that sentence came out all wrong butyou know what i mean) so now we are bucket showering again
Sit down loos!!!! (which dont flush as not connected to tank - howeverif you pour your collected shower water from the bucket you stand inwhen you shower - pour it into the flush cistern - the toilet flushesas normal_
Electricity on meter, Electric oven & kettle & microwave (all uselessas we have frequent power cuts at crucial times such as evenings -worse than blue gates) hence we have invested in one gas hob thing.
New maid monica - very smiley - salary still under negotiation.Guards from Dr Ruths next door and her 2 dogs - security very good.
The FoodStaple food – Rice and
BeansLots of good fruit –
mango, banana, watermelon.
Staples – Onions, garlic, tomato, peppers, aubergine, nyanya ntoli (bitter tomato)
Luxuries – packet noodles, crisps, chocolate
Take with you – Marmite, packet foods, luxuries.
The Social Life
The People Locals
MVP staff HAPO staff Shop keepers (Jon, Masudi,
Kaidi) Orion – Paulie and Donna
(and Hannah) Semi Locals
Tobacco guys (and wifes) Missionaries Dr Ruth Margaret and Dr Jim
Transient Westerners HAPO Volunteers NHS Fellows Westerners working with
MVP Chance Encounters
Travellers
The Work
The WorkBe prepared to do anything.Stretch yourselfLook at what has been done and what you can
offerExplore the work planLearn how to use GoogleEnjoy the challange
The TeamDr ShemsangaDeo (MCI)The Data team (Moses, Jessie, Kolm)Community Team (Killian, Athanos, Simba, Vivian)
The Villages
Top TipsDon’t PanicLearn how to use SkypeTake a LaptopBuy a phone (when you get there)Read up on TanzaniaJournalBlogWork hard, play hardTake luxuriesLearn some Swahili (Habari, Asante Sana,
Daktari, Mylimu ya Afya)Enjoy it
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EXPERIENCE, ENJOY, LEARN, TEACH