Research Trip Update

In two days time I will be halfway through my time here in Tanzania and so I thought it was a good opportunity to write a short update on my trip so far. Generally it has been very successful. I have had some very interesting interviews, collected some (hopefully) helpful data, had the privilege of catching up with a number of good friends (and making some new ones), and apart from a nasty cold (probably brought on by the huge amount of dust around), I have been generally healthy. These are no small things to be thankful for indeed!

Some highlights of the trip so far have been:
-being able to visit some good friends and their families in their homes.
-feeling encouraged that in some areas of work big developments have been made since we left.
-enjoying engaging with the culture again (as well as learning more about it!) and doing things at a different pace!
-helping a colleague take his pregnant wife to hospital and seeing their new born baby 10 minutes later!
-being fortunate with the electricity supply (although it is off currently and was off yesterday evening too!).

Of course there are many others but I need to get going and off to church (which may be another one of my highlights… we shall see) and my battery is almost gone! For now, here are a few pictures of my trip so far. I’ll make sure I get more online once I’m back in the UK.

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