Today was our first day starting to meet everyone. We went to Faraja with Makoti first and met Salwa (intern here for 7 months) and all the Faraja staff. Everyone’s really nice but a lot of them don’t speak english very well so a lot of translating happens. We also met Franki and Norbert who are local volunteers we’ll be working with. Franki is really funny and excited for me to “teach him slang” in english.
We walked to a local school that Faraja works with and met the teachers and children. All of them stand and salute to you when you walk in the room and it’s really funny. They also started yelling out english words at us and laughed when we tried to speak Swahili to introduce ourselves. I’m learning a few words a day but it’s still hard to remember them all.
We walked to the market to charge our internet stick up as well, which made me EXTREMELY happy. Franki works part time there so it was done really fast. I got a few pictures of the market but a lot of Tanzanians don’t like their picture taken so it’s a little awkward to pull out a camera in a crowd… Sucks for me because I want pictures of everything!!!
We also went to Chamwino school and the Faraja Home Based Care for youth with HIV in the Chamwino area. It’s a slum in Tanzania and the school takes in street children that arent sent to school by their families so that they can get a basic education and go on to secondary school. Everyone is super nice and tries to speak english to us as much as they can. We’re going to meet the girl’s group a little later and talk to Jelena and the other volunteers about the programs we’re starting tomorrow.
It’s a lot to take in and I miss home but once we get really busy it will make the time fly.
This is my view walking to work every day!! Gonna climb those soon!!
Me in front of the YCI Office
Downtown Morogoro
Some shops we passed by on the way to Chamwino
Holy pictures Batman! Looks very cool over there. The living room in your previous post looks swanky compared to what others likely have.
ReplyDeleteMiss home? Are you crazy? You have the rest of your life to be home. Take it all in, because I'm sure once you're back home, you'll miss being in Africa!
ReplyDeleteWhen you're in Africa, missing home is like missing work!
Sitting idle when you're 10,000 km from home makes you a little home sick!! :P I'm feeling a lot better now that I'm working and busy but before it wasn't very good... we have things planned for every day for the next 4 weeks now so there will be no more boredom!
ReplyDeleteWell bella, your view is gorgeous...and you will be home in no time....so suck it up and enjoy it (There's my motherly advice for you! :) ) I hope you are feeling better (it's always sucky when you are tired and not feeling so hot....especially when you aren't busy and have more time to think about it!
ReplyDeleteHave fun! Thanks for blogging and letting those of us not brave enough to travel to certain parts of the world get a glimpse into what we are missing.
Hugs,
Kate Aversa