FINAL BLOG…by the Blog Masters from the ground in TZ. How times have changed since the last blog. We completed our work and service at the school on Friday afternoon. The classroom is built and we left our mark with a mural. The mural is the Global Routes tree surrounded by our own handprints. On […]
Tanzania Program Concludes – “It’s not totaonana, it’s kesho!” Read More »
Closing out the homestay and community service project. The Notre Dame Academy student group is headed out tomorrow morning to Ngorongoro crater to start a 3-day safari. The group has been rocking it on the worksite! They have worked so well together, and have showed a lot of personal motivation as well as teamwork. They’ve done
Day 7: Goodbyes Are Never Easy Read More »
Students are Settling into Daily Tanzanian Life The students from Notre Dame Academy have now been in their homestay for two nights. Mary, Adam, Joan, and Betty (trip leaders) all visited the families last night and got to see the students in action: cooking with their families, doing laundry by hand, playing games with their
Day 5: Homestay & Community Project in Tanzania Read More »
After arriving in Tanzania on Saturday night, the group boarded the bus and headed off to the United African Alliance Community Center (UAACC) for orientation. The UAACC is an NGO dedicated to providing programs and projects for the enrichment of the Arusha community. It was a perfect landing spot to dig into conversations about culture and
Orientation Day and Cultural Immersion in Tanzania Read More »
Did you know that the ability to pepper conversation with appropriate proverbs (​methali​) is much admired in Tanzania? Here’s one of our favorites translated from Swahili: Kila ndege huruka na mbawa zake: Every bird flies with its own wings 16 high school students from Notre Dame Academy flew today from Boston to Amsterdam to Tanzania, where
Notre Dame Academy is off to Tanzania! Read More »
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