Maasai Girls Rescue Center Archives - Page 5 of 5

Challenges

This has been an interesting week. It had it’s ups and a few downs. Every day seems to be more challenging than the last. I may be getting tired or just missing my family and friends. Even though I have lived here a while and think I understand the culture of the Maasai, I don’t

Sometimes it is difficult

I am in Arusha so I am able to send this note. Things are getting better in some ways anymore difficult in others. I now can access email on the web browser from my house, provided I sit at the window and point the modem towards naming. Not the easiest office desk to work at

The new year

I am writing this from my house in the pages word application software on my Mac. I will try and cut and paste when I get on line and can access my blog. Since I am not a techie I am not sure if it will work but it is better to try than to

Better late than never

It has been a while since I have blogged. Many of my friends, ok, two of my friends have given me a hard time about not writing. I can not write from the Boma where I live, the internet connection is not strong enough for me to connect to this site. I drove to Arusha

A tough place to raise children

It is the dry season in the area I am staying. It has only rained once in the last six months. The Maasai live off the cattle, goats and sheep they raise on their Bomas. Water is scarce, with a few run off dams still holding some water. This water has been stagnant since the

A new beginning

Well today is a good day. I officially received my new Tanzanian Residence Permit. I originally came to Tanzania to work as a volunteer for a church funded NGO. That did not work out as I expected so I reapplied through a new organization which a Tanzanian friend and I have started. It is called