Hello Everyone!
This is my first blog entry, ever! Thank you for taking interest and reading about my experiences and such.
I will be arriving in at the Kilimanjaro airport on October 1st and will be returning home on the 20th of December, a few days shy of three months. I am volunteering through
This will be my second time volunteering in Moshi. Last summer I spent six weeks there working on community development projects to help benefit street children and orphans. I worked at an orphanage that took care of children around 2 years of age and I also taught in a secondary school that provided free education to over 140 orphans. There were many other projects that I worked on and the need there almost appears endless. Tanzania has one of the highest orphan populations in the world due to the HIV/AIDs epidemic.
On top of all of the need and despair that I witnessed I also saw many reasons for hope. A majority of the secondary school orphans I worked with have passed the national exams and have moved onto form two!!!! There are a total of four forms of school that the students must pass. Without a secondary school education there is very little hope for a finding a job. Tanzania has an unemployment rate of around 70%. I still am very excited about this!!!!!
There is so much i would like to share about my last trip but i think you get the idea. I will probably write one more entry before I go, but, if I don't, then you will be hearing from me in the heart of Tanzania.
Sincerely,
Tyler
