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...