M’zungu intern Eero
Introduction: Hey, It’s me Eero! I’m a 23-year-old University student from Finland. I’m doing a bachelor’s degree in tourism and event management at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. Right now I’m doing an internship with Art in Tanzania and generally just enjoying life. How did you found AIT? I was looking for open jobs and […]
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 because this is our society” – Neema’s Nursery and Montessory 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.
Morning of English, numbers and games in the Winning Star’s Nursery School
This week we visited the Winning Stars Nursery School in Kunduchi. 17 children, from three to seven years old, attend the school. The teacher Glory has worked in the school for two years and says that the volunteers help her a lot! The volunteers come mainly…
Mawenzi Regional Hospital, Tanzania – supporting many with few resources
Mawenzi Regional Hospital is a busy hospital which attends to over 300 outpatients daily and has around 300 beds in its wards but the number of patients can easily rise to almost 500. In the paediatric ward, sometimes up to four kids sleep in one bed.
Art in Tanzania is organizing donations for Mawenzi hospital in order to support its staff to continue their work supporting the people of the Kilimanjaro region in northern Tanzania.
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…
Making a difference in Glory Orphanage
Art in Tanzania volunteers have been dedicating a lot of their time and enthusiasm to further develop Glory, an orphanage in Dar es Salaam. The orphanage serves as a home to 9 children and as a day-time school for other children from the neighborhood. During the day, the volunteers have been teaching the children reading and writing using interactive games, songs and other exercises…
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
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…