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Family Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Tanzania

A Family’s Service Adventure in Tanzania

The Ford Family of Great Falls, Montana (all nine of them) served together in Pommern in June 2013.  This is their journal of their Adventure in Service. 8/6/13 – Lovely seaside dinner with Edward. The food is delicious and the view of the water amazing, but we realize this is the tourist “Disneyland” part of […]

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June 8, 2013/by Dorota Wierzbicka
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Free Time Options, Volunteer Voices Tanzania

Weekend Safari

  I’m off to meet matron by 7:30 to attend students before classes. It is Friday but no body seems particularly enthused the weekend is here. We had a lot of students with colds and stomach pain, a cough who were referred the teachers (a) morning break and it was great to see them and […]

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March 10, 2013/by Dorota Wierzbicka
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Family Volunteering Tanzania

Grandmother and Grandson Expand Compassion Together Through Volunteerism

Mother and children participate on the RCP program in Ipalamwa, Tanzania

One of the greatest benefits of serving others is the perspective you obtain about your own place in the world.  More and more, grandparents are enabling their grandchildren to travel with them to serve in developing communities to understand how we’re all connected, but live very different lives.  In this snapshot, Kathryn and Chris shared […]

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September 6, 2012/by Global Volunteers
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Volunteer Voices Tanzania

We are Family

While we were in Iringa, we ate breakfast and then walked to the Headquarters of the Global Volunteers Organization to meet with the General Secretary Nayman Chavalla. He made me feel more secure as he told us that we were in safe hands. I enjoyed his enthusiasm and his sense of humor during the meeting. […]

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May 14, 2012/by Michele Gran
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Volunteer Voices Tanzania

Dar Es Salaam and Beyond

On our first full day in Dar Es Salaam we woke up to the gorgeous view of the bay right outside our windows. We ate a quick but filling breakfast and headed out to explore the city.  The previous night we were able to see some of Dar Es Salaam, but seeing it on a […]

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May 12, 2012/by Michele Gran
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Volunteer Voices Tanzania

“Life is Mostly Simple, Don’t Complicate it and Expect too Much.”

This morning my alarm goes off as usual at 7:00 a.m I really don’t want to get out of bed immediately, but there is some big chunky bug crawling on the floor in front of my bed.. I get up, put my shoes on and step on the critter. Snap ., crack, pop and that‘ll […]

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March 7, 2012/by Michele Gran
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Volunteer Voices Tanzania

Don’t Always See the Glass Half Empty

This morning I wake up to a another tasty breakfast by mama Tony  At 9:30 I’m off to school to meet my Tanzanian daughter and teacher Ajuae . Its back to geography teaching . I really get the feeling the kids are understanding more of what I say. After teaching I’m back buying candy, super glue, batteries and […]

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March 6, 2012/by Michele Gran
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Volunteer Voices Tanzania

Kindness and Politeness

This morning we awoke early (some earlier than others – Sheena at 3 am) and shared a delicious breakfast prepared for us at the hostel. I have never had a French Toast with peanut butter passion fruit jam, but it was exceptional. Mohammed took us all to meet the secretary general of the Lutheran diocese. […]

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February 20, 2012/by Michele Gran
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Free Time Options, Volunteer Voices Tanzania

Iringa Town

“Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country” – JFK Today we had a half-day of volunteering. I taught a class on the environmental effects of rapidly growing populations and learned that Tanzanians are encouraged to have no more than 2 children. Meanwhile Hope continued to […]

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May 28, 2010/by Michele Gran
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Volunteer Voices Tanzania

Red Dirt

Red dirt – that has been our home for the past three weeks. We have walked countless miles around the village and on that red dirt we practiced our Kihehe and Kiswahili terms.   On that red dirt we saw the smiling faces of mothers, fathers, grandfathers, grandmothers, and the crying faces of babies who […]

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March 26, 2010/by Michele Gran
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