Tanzania Time
Gidday everyone,
It has been a few weeks, but now I feel like I have almost adjusted to Tanzania Time.
Oh, some of you have asked what I am actually doing here? So I’ll drop some hints.
I am working with a conservation based community organisation. Everyone is a volunteer; I am the only mzungu (white) actually working for them, but there are a few others doing research and other bits and pieces.
Tim with Maasai Elders
The main purpose of my assignment here is to develop an environmental education programme, as well as building the capacity of the organisation to continue what they are up to and to assist with developing the ability of women and children to create better incomes.
Children at Maasai Ceremony to where boys and men pass on to the next stage of life; from boyhood to warrior-hood to elder-hood, this occurs once every 10 to 14 years.
I am also providing advice to help a Maasai cultural tourism initiative who provides some funding for the development work we do. I am also working very closely with Istituto Oikos, an Italian ecology based NGO, who are well established and funded…
There was a big storm a week or so ago week which actually brought snow….
