My parents have been here for a week and a half now, and on Wednesday we will be leaving to go back to England! Everything is going so fast.

Last Thursday was the last day of school. Here is a photo of Lisa and myself being given kitenge as leaving gifts. Some of the children also did a cultural dance for us and sang to us.

On Saturday – Wednesday we went on safari!! It was brilliant, but Dad took loads of photos, so I haven’t gone through them all yet. Here is one of us standing in front of Ngorongoro crater.

, we went to Meserani Snake Park and also took some of my friends with us who I’ve been spending lots of time with. Here we are on the camels! (Bonnie, Eva, Hashim, Sally and me J)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARE! :)

Mum and Dad are arriving this evening :)

This week I’ve been sorting out the chicken pen and chickens.
Here is Amos and I standing outside the new chicken pen :)

Me and Mama untying the new chickens’ legs!!

This is Agreyson. Next to the two people he has drawn, he’s written ‘Agreyson’ and ‘Teacher Liz’!

Here is Lisa and myself with Sophie, Marietha, Kefas and Carolina :).

Tomorrow is my last day at school :(, but on Saturday we’re going on safari! :)

I meant to post on Wednesday, but we had another power cut.

Had a few days off school because of Eid. Charlotte is leaving tomorrow. This is us in the pool last Sunday :), and where we are now :D.

New tenants moved in to Mama’s house next door last weekend, they’re renting it from her. This is the little girl, Dorath. She’s so cute!

I’m having a chicken coop built at Fareson. These are the guys with all the materials in the back of Baba’s truck :).

This is a really cute photo of Mordecai :).. and the pre-unit class in front of their drawings of things for letters of the alphabet on the blackboard.

I went back to Usangi Thursday and Friday which is why I didn’t blog on Friday as usual!

Last night (Saturday) I went to another wedding send off. Here is a picture of me and Mama :).

Lily went home yesterday. Friday was her last day at Fareson so come of the children did a ‘cultural dance’ for her. It was so sweet. After school, we had lunch with the family, and teachers.

I had my phone taken from my bag this week. Someone managed to cut my bag, and get my phone out. Luckily my camera was still there! I have no idea when exactly this happened..

Other than that it’s been a good week. I have some photos from school.

Here are the children who live at Fareson, and the other photo is of some children who are a bit behind who I kept for tuition. They are playing an alphabet game to learn their letters.

I’ve been ill this weekend, but recovering now.

On Monday Charlotte, Lily and I went to Maji a Chai to visit a day care centre, Nice Ngyeku. It’s in a rural area. It took us about an hour and a half to get there.

Here are some photos. :)

The kids have been quite sweet at school this week. I think we’ve all been generally happier since a lot of them actually are making progress! Yay!

Some of them are really behind though. This photo was taken after school when we were giving them extra tuition.

Mama was catering a wedding send off last night, so I was helping with that.

Here is the goat being cooked!!!

I wrote a blog on Thursday but there was a power cut just as I was about to post it!I managed to post it just now, so it’s down there! V

This weekend I went to Usangi in the Pare Mountains, and went on a Hippo Safari at Lake Gipe. It borders Kenya, so I can sort of say I’ve been to Kenya now :). Ha.

Here is a photo of a man climbing a coconut tree!

These are the boats we were in on the lake. We were in our own boats, with a boatman. I asked if any of them could swim, they can’t.

Some hippos :)



I wrote this on thursday but we had a power cut just as I was about to send it! Luckily it saved, so I will be posting two today :)


I’m half way through my trip already! Been here for seven weeks, home in seven weeks. Where on Earth is the time going!

This week has been good. We took a class picture on Tuesday. We didn’t want to miss our chance since everyone was in school!

Here is Lily and I with our class, pre-unit. We have 23 in the class.

These are our twins in the class, Lilian and Elizabeth! No prize for guessing which one is which from where they’re standing!

We had the class write their names on paper bags and decorate them. When Lily leaves in two weeks, they will be given their bags with a few things in.

Tomorrow we’re going to Usangi until Monday. We’re looking forward to our long weekend :).

Tarangire was awesooooome! So many animals!

Here are some photos J :

Some lions having sex…

Mummy and baby elephant, awh…

Some pissed off elephants…

One of them trumpeted at us as they were walking away. To be fair, we were blocking their way to the water for about 5/10 minutes. We wanted them to walk past us! We kept driving off as and coming back, hah…

Some cheetahs just chilling out…

Yesterday I went to visit Malaika orphanage. It’s so nice! They have a play house, swings, hanging hoops, a slide, loads of stuff to play with!

Here are a couple of photos.

Going to Impala again for dinner tonight.

TARANGIRE TOMORROW!! :D

I went to Kioga on Sunday. It was soooo good!

We went to this waterfall, and even climbed up the rocks to stand underneath it. It was really cool.

It was quite a long walk though. It’s down in a valley so we had to get down the mountain, and then climb back up again! Along with walking to and from the mountain, and to and from the waterfall once we we’re at the bottom. It was really nice though. We walked along the river that comes from the waterfall.

Here is a picture of the river we were walking along. At the front is Ariane, then Lily. They are volunteers. Then behind are the Tanzanian guides. The one is beige is called Johanas, he works with Mondo Challenge, and he arranged the day for us. The one is red was someone else’s guide, we all ended up together.

This is Charlotte, and I, standing in front of the waterfall.

This one is of me, Charlotte and Lily. We climbed up the rocks to stand underneath/behind the waterfall. You could sort of work out where we are from the picture before. ^

Going to Tarangerie National Park on Saturday for a two day safari :). I’m so excited!!

We didn’t go to Khan’s (the BBQ place) on Tuesday in the end. We ended up having Indian at the Impala Hotel. Chakula kitamu sana J. (It was delicious!)

I’ve had a good week. The two biggest trouble makers haven’t paid their school fees, so haven’t been in. It’s been peaceful. Well, as peaceful as it can be in a tiny room with twenty 5-6 year olds.

Here is a photo of Agreyson and Mordecai. They had a little photo shoot session! They all love having their photos taken. I will put them all up on facebook when I’m home J.

They also enjoy taking photos with my camera. Innocent took this photo of me, Marietha, Kefas and a bit of Eunice’s head!

This is Innocent! He’s one of my favourites J. (I know I shouldn’t have favourites, but he’s too sweet!!)

The kids were really good today J. This week has gone really fast too, craaaazy fast. Where is the time going! Ahhhh!

I must be missing work a lot. I’ve actually had a dream that I was teaching at SJA! Hahah. How sad is that?! (Rhetorical question)

Mama has taught me how to make chapattis :), it’s pretty hard work! You wouldn’t think it takes so long. She said I’ve got to make them all myself next time! We’ll see how that goes…

I haven’t taken any photos this week so afraid I have nothing interesting to show you!

Some baby chickens at school had a fight last week though. They were in the air hitting each other with their wings. Hahah. I didn’t manage to get a photo of them in the air, but here they are squaring up to each other!

When I first arrived these chicks had literally just hatched, so I’ve seen them grow up. How sweet!

Going for a BBQ dinner tonight. One of the other volunteers is leaving.

Baadaye! … That means ‘later’ J

Mr Amos (who runs Fareson) son, Mordacai, was one on Wednesday! Lily and I had lunch at the children’s centre, cooked by Amos’ wife. I brought Fanta’s for the family, and three orphans who live with them, and one of the teachers, Neema, who also had lunch with us. This was a rare treat for the children, so they were very happy!

After lunch some of the school children came back, and we sang happy birthday to Mordacai, and all the children had biscuits.

Here is a photo of Mary, Mordacai’s sister, at the front. Behind her are Halima, Marietha and Oliva, who also live at the Children’s Centre.

This is Mordacai! In his birthday hat. He even gave us a little smile :).

Last week was a bit mad! With the children not being punished by being hit, they were running riot. They don’t understand the way we’re trying to discipline them because they don’t understand a word we’re saying. Or what they are allowed and not allowed to do. I have no idea what the teachers are translating to them because they definitely aren’t repeating what I’m saying. It’s been tough.

On Saturday I went to Meserani Snake Park with Lily and Charlotte J.

I held a snake! And rode a camel! :D
I know Hannah won’t be happy if I don’t put any photos up! Here they are :)

Here is a photo of me holding Nelson, he’s so sweet! He’s in the baby class.

Next to us is his brother, Linos, who is in middle class. Then on the swing in the background is Nemes, who is in my class, the pre-unit class. He’s a little trouble maker!

On Saturday I helped my ‘Mama’ with catering. ‘Baba’ owns a primary school, and it was their graduation party. Some of them were moving up to secondary.

This is a photo of Mama in the middle, Blantina on the left, at the back. She is Mama’s niece. She makes most of my meals for me. The others are some of Mama’s catering staff. They’re on the back of Baba’s truck, ready to go home! I sat in the front. I actually wanted to ride on the back but I don’t think Mama would have let me!

On Sunday, I went for a much needed swim! It was freezing though. 22 degrees!!

I was able to go into work on Monday, as my visa was being processed. We had a meeting with the teachers, mostly about disciplining the children. It went really well, I’m so pleased!! :D. They loved my ideas, and they now understand why they shouldn't hit the children with sticks!

Hi everyone!

Sorry, I meant to post a blog yesterday but it took me half an hour to log onto facebook! The internet was being sooo slow, so I’ve come back today to put my photos on for you J!

This is a photo of me and Lakisha at the after school club on Wednesday. I look awful, but she is so cute! She’s four years old, I think.

I wasn’t working yesterday, and I won’t be working on Monday because there is a problem with my visa. It’s being sorted though. Hopefully I will be able to go back to Fareson by Tuesday. I hope my class had a teacher yesterday.

Fareson has been really good this week. Lily and I have acquired ourselves the pre-unit class (the highest class. 5-6 year olds), and they’ve started to understand the way we discipline them, rather than being hit. On Thursday I read them a book about Simba, from Lion King. They loved it when I ‘roared’ at them! After we read the book we got them all to draw Simba, and colour him in.

Here is a photo of Caroline and Gillian drawing their lions!

This is some of the class holding up their pictures. J

I went to a party on Thursday night with my homestay family. It was a wedding send off. I didn’t bring many clothes, so there was everyone all dressed up, then me in my Havaianas and primark basics t-shirt! Thank goodness Sarah gave me a skirt before I left!

They casually brought out a whole cooked goat on a trolley. I love the fact it had a carrot in its mouth! Hahahah. Rank.

The second one in from the right is the bride-to-be. She's actually getting married today.

Speak soon! xxx