Katie In Tanzania

Yesterday, my school had a nine hour staff meeting. Yes, eight hours straight of sitting on wooden wooden chairs listening to conversations ...

So I've been in Dar now for 2 days, and jet-lag is kicking my butt. I slept until 5pm today. Darn. Anyways, in my 2 days in Dar: I have ...

For Christmas, I decided to surprise my entire family (except my mother who helped me to pay for the ticket) by coming home for Christmas. A...

Before I begin this post, let me update you on the status of my student going to America. After several days, lots of arguing with officials...

Coming to Tanzania was a chance of a lifetime for me. One of the main reasons that on my Peace Corps application that I checked Africa for m...

So the education system in Tanzania is as follows: Primary school goes from standard 1 to standard 7. At the end of standard 7, students nee...

In the past several weeks, I have recieved some emails and a few facebook messages from my future wenzangu volunteers. In honor of the 35 so...