Archive for March, 2008
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Be the change you desire to see- Gandhi
Tanzania already feels like a lifetime ago…but the eyes of the children still look at me each day in my mind and heart. At times, it feels overwhelming- what do we do? there are so many beautiful children who need us. Its easy to forget in our fabricated worlds filled with illusions and stuff to […]
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Pictures from Tanzania
My trip to Tanzania will definitely be one of the highlights of my career. It was alot of work and alot of planning but in the end, each minute was AMAZING. It changed the lives of all the children. When you have a chance feel free to check them out:
Loruwani Primary School 1 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=98525&l=91beb&id=799915712
Loruwani Primary […]
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Final Reflections on Tanzania
Sitting on a plane returning to the norms of my personal realities has left me time to sit and reflect on our experiences in
Tanzania. A land of stark contrasts, I felt like I was in the script of a book for some time, beautiful blue skies filled with clouds that told stories since the beginning […]
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
Tanzania days 5/6
I tried sending a text message last night from the camp site but it did not go through.. What a thoroughly life-enriching experience Tanzania has turned out to be for all of us…I must keep this email short as we will be up in a couple hours to begin our very long day of travelling.
Yesterday […]
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Tanzania Journal - Day 4
Day 4 – Tanzania journal
We woke up this morning to the beautiful sound of rain on the galvanized roof. It took me back to my childhood in Trinidad. I loved listening to the rain on the galvanized roof…it was always a great time to jump into bed with a book or simply relax and […]
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Tanzania Day 3
Abarre (how are you?) from this beautiful land. Today was another emotional day for us filled with success and much reflections. I cant tell you how much you grow to love the children when seeing the effort and heart that has gone into all that they are doing. Last night we “laid down the law†[…]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Tanzania day 2
Karibuni “welcome†in Swahili.
Today was another inspiring day in the beauty of Arusha. We woke up, had breakfast and went to Loruwani for another day of work and play. When I was working on the initial stages of planning for this, I had requested only two days of community and service thinking that it would […]
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
The beauty of Tanzania
What an absolutely amazing and emotional day we had today. Tanzania is a beautiful country full of warmth and hospitality. Despite the long travels, the kids were all up early, had a good breakfast and headed out to Loruwani primary school. I don’t think we were prepared for what happened, it was hard to control […]