Uzi Island is in need of environmental volunteers
Environmental Advocacy Program Uzi is a small island south of Zanzibar’s main island, Unguja. The road to Uzi is called…
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…
The first Montessori kindergarten in a Tanzanian government school
The kindergarten in Korongoni primary school in Moshi has improved a lot during the last year. I interviewed the main kindergarten teacher Clara, in the beginning of August 2014.
Clara is a qualified primary school teacher for children in standard three to seven and for children with special needs. However, due to the shortage of teachers in Korongoni primary school…
Experiences and thoughts about volunteering in Moshi
Millie, Melissa and Selin have been volunteering in Moshi in June and July 2014. We wanted to know which projects girls have been participating and what kind volunteer work they have been doing in their projects. We also asked girls about their expectations about volunteer work as well as the experiences they’ve had here in Tanzania.
“This is our nursery and our society” – Neema’s Montessori Daycare
Neema’s Nursery and Montessory Daycare at Kiwodea – Saba Saba Moshi – Tanzania started with seven children on 6th of January 2014. Now there are 35 of 3-6 year old children coming to the nursery and daycare. Neema’s Nursery and Montessory Daycare is located in Moshi. Neema’s Nursery and Montessory Daycare is a private school and the teaching is mainly in English.
At the Nyuki Market – Buying food for volunteers
Emmanuel is a Purchase manager in Art in Tanzania (AIT). He has been working for AIT since 2007. His responsibility is to make sure the volunteers get to eat every day.
Usually volunteers have breakfast, lunch and dinner at the volunteer house. There are four people working in the kitchen to prepare meals. The meals are sometimes typical Tanzanian food such as wali (rice) and maharage (beans) or nyama (meat), Sometimes kitchen ladies prepair western food such as fish and ships or spaghetti and vegetable sauce…
It is the great Safari Time!
By Anna Kevin and Emilia Sten We had chosen a three day volunteer’s safari, containing of a visit to the Masai village, N’gorongoro crater and Lake Manyara. On friday five excited people climbed into the 4×4 driven Land Rover. We were heading to the west, through Arusha aiming for our first stop, the Masai village.
A day as an African pupil – day celebrations
On Thursday morning we left the house with three Danish volunteers to “One School – Primary and Nursery”. They were going to teach there, and we wanted to experience being an African pupil for one day. It was a bit higher standard at the school. The pupils had desks, books and other school material. Everyone was wearing a school uniform in light blue…
Sober House and Art Gallery in Zanzibar
When wandering through the alleys and byways of Stone Town, every once in a while you’ll come up to a little square, a little breathing space. It’s at one of these that I am to meet Kasim Nyuni and Saleh, the driving forces behind an upcoming art gallery…
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…