Weekend Safari trip organized by Art in Tanzania
Sustainable tourism Going on safari in Tanzania if you visit Africa is almost as compulsory as a trip to Zanzibar….
Art in Tanzania volunteers’ Eco-Compound
Art in Tanzania internship program The new Art in Tanzania Eco Compound is situated in Madale, northwest of the city…
A day of teaching and medical checks at Sifa orphanage
One of the orphanages Art in Tanzania supports in Dar es Salaam is an orphanage in Bunju. The Sifa Group Foundation’s orphanage has 32 children of various ages, from one to 16 years old. Some of the older children have a chance to go to school but the rest of the kids rely on the teaching of the volunteers and a local man Erick…
A fashion designer volunteers gains an experience of a life-time
Emilie Bendix Hansen is a 22 years old girl from Copenhagen, Denmark. She has been dreaming of coming to Africa for many years. She finally made her dream come true last January when she came to volunteer at Art in Tanzania (AIT).
As a volunteer Emilie has been teaching English in a nursery school in the mornings and Adult English in the afternoons – this is a typical type of volunteer project in AIT…
Opening the best Very Own Shop in Tanzania
Three months ago the house of Art in Tanzania in Dar Es Salaam opened its own fair-trade shop…
Volunteers and art in tanzania staff show great football skills
Volunteers and staff from Art In Tanzania will this evening flex their muscles when they meet for a football match at Kondo grounds of Bahari beach.
In the last encounters, the volunteers overpowered their hosts winning two of the three matches they have played…
Volunteer funding construction of a sanitation block at One school
Pupils from One school of Tegeta in Dar es Salaam are a happy lot following the completion of a modern sanitation block at the school.
The toilets were constructed with funds from a volunteer at Art In Tanzania who saw the need for the school to have clean sanitation facilities…
A tour through the markets of Dar Es Salaam
The market tour is consisting of five different kind of markets. Tinga Tinga-market, fish market, the Wonder Workshop and the wood market. Tinga Tinga is a type of paintings that was developed in Dar Es Salaam…
Wonder Workshop, where art meets the great innovation
When you pass between tens of little stores and boutiques selling imported shoes and clothes from Asia and all the pirated DVDs salesmen, you can find a true gem in the streets of Dar Es Salaam. Behind the red gates exists Wonder Workshop. This craft shop was founded in 2005 by Paul Joynson-Hicks and its business model is pure genius…