The Rock City

My first short trip to Mwanza city, some 185 kilometers from Kiabakari, this year. Meeting a couple who brought a special gift from someone in UK who did a magnanimous gesture of fundraising money for children in Tanzania, while climbing Kilimanjaro Mountain a year ago with serious spinal problems along with our dr Jadzia from our health center in Kiabakari (while she was still with us). She made it and raised money for two places - one in Arusha and the other in Kiabakari. So, today I meet those people who brought almost five hundred British pounds being our share of the total amount to hand over to me on behalf of that heroic Polish woman in UK. It is a very touching moment for all of us and I will make sure that the hard earned funds are spent wisely in Kiabakari for educational projects for our children in Pre-School and Primary School. The link to the fundraising webpage is here. Thank you, Maja!

Home, Sweet Home!

I'm back home in Kiabakari. Eventually, our plane departed at 3pm from Dar es Salaam and after uneventful flight which took some two hours (watching Mr. Bones movie all the way onboard), we landed safely at gravel airstrip called Musoma Airport, right in the middle of the Municipality. I always get stressed when approaching Musoma by air. There usually are quite strong crosswinds in evening, blowing from west, northwest, making for a bumpy descent. The runway is made of gravel, poorly maintained, so i always wonder how pilots keep plane straight, feeling how it shakes and wants to go sideways. It scares .... out of me, to be honest! This afternoon at least it was not so bad and - because I was busy taking pictures of Musoma and the Lake Victoria, I didn't pay to much attention to what was going on with the aircraft...

Random Snippets

Yeah, random snippets on my way from Kiabakari to Dar es Salaam via Mwanza today. If you are chicken hearted or sensitive, please do not read further after this first paragraph as some images may be disturbing to you...You have been warned!