"Running water": Some houses seem like they have plumbing, but really they have a huge water vat outside the house and it is connected to the faucets so that water comes out. But, when the water vat runs out, the water is “finished,” as Tanzanians like to say when something runs out. Then they have to buy another vat and hook it up.
Tanzanian Government: The Tanzanian president is elected every 5 years and they can serve a maximum of 10 years. Same with the village leadership. Everyone I’ve talked to likes President Kikwete, but have qualms with some other African country’s leadership, Zimbabwe as one example.
SUSTAIN FOUNDATION: I taught Emanueli and Irene more about the laptops and showed them how to navigate around. I also created a financial spreadsheet and put Emanueli in charge for the rest of the summer. While I filled out participant observer forms (which will help us document observations about different places in the community), Emanueli and Irene worked on their laptop to finish translating and refining the scholarship application. Afterwards, we worked together and brainstormed interview questions and selection criteria. We still have a lot of work left to do, but the scholar program is starting to fall in to place.
Typical meal: ugali (tasteless white corn and flour mixture that tastes kind of like grainy bread), green bean, potato and carrot stew, rice, beans (with coconut sauce yum!), cabbage, ginger chai, bananas. It’s delicious!
Vocab word of the day:
Napenda – I like
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