So much has changed in one week at KYGN. Anna Mariah, the charity's director, has returned after giving birth to a baby boy and together we are working to steer the charity in a brand new direction. Two new volunteers, Lizzie and Naomi have arrived to help at the KYGN Centre in Mabogini and so I have given up my post as assistant to the kindergarten to become a full time teacher to the teenage girls. We set the girls an English and Maths test to work out their c...

This blog post is dedicated to the most incredible woman I have ever had the pleasure to meet. Her name is Rahabu and she is a teacher at the KYGN Centre in Mabogini. Everyday she cycles for miles to reach the school before the girls arrive at 8:30am. She teaches a class of twenty four 5 and 6 year old girls in everything from Maths and English to Art and Health. Teaching in a small wooden shack with nothing but benches and a blackboard, she works tirelessly to e...

Today was my first day as a volunteer here in Tanzania. I woke up at 6:45 to get showered and have some peanut butter and jam on toast (this is what happens when you live with Americans) before starting the journey to a village called Mabogini. Mabogini is quite a way outside of Moshi and so we take the public buses called dalla dallas. If you thought the underground was bad then you should try getting a dalla dalla to work. I was lucky enough to get a seat on th...

It's one week since I arrived here in Moshi and last night Michelle, Michelle, Katie and I returned from our four day safari. It was absolutely incredible and better than I could have ever imagined. On the first day we drove to a place called Lake Manyara which is an animal preservation an hour from Arusha. We were driven there by our chain-smoking guide Juma who drove in typical Tanzanian style (like a maniac). On the way we stopped in Arusha for some African b...