(this post is for July 26th and 27th)
Tish is here this time!!! I love it when Tish visits. We met in Moshi town, and headed over to YWCA for some breakfast. We talked to the waiter in Swahili and he was very excited to see us there. I ordered tea with milk, and for some reason he gave me just hot milk. Samson came in to let us know that Abdullah is here. I wasn’t going to drink the milk, so I gave it to Samson.
We headed to CCBRT for another day at the training camp, and we started with more tea. Then we went to the first session today, where the guest of honor was a professor at the business school in Moshi. His name was “Innocent”, don’t ask me why people have interesting names like that in Tanzania. I once met some guy named “So Please”… Well jokes aside, he came to talk to the camp about “income”! That was really neat, except Tish and I didn’t understand most of it. We could understand some of it as Zac explained some of the concepts to us in English!
Tish showed us pictures of a new project she started! Dr. Nyumbi had the idea that these wheelchairs can be retrofitted to sell Vodacom recharge scratch cards! So Tish worked on a prototype at MobilityCare and showed all of us pictures. It really made everyone very excited about it. I hope that this project can take off, and Vodacom can sponsor more users to have wheelchairs!
We spent the afternoon at the camp, getting to know the participants better. Tish had a great time and, like me, was very impressed with what the camp is doing for the community. Tish went to KCMC to say good bye and give out gifts to everyone, and I headed back to town to go out shopping with my host sister.
Shopping was fun, and we went to Payal’s (Sarah’s buddy) store, and bought two shawls! Tish joined me in town later with Albert and Samson, and we did even more shopping! I can’t believe this trip is coming to an end…
We sent Tish home, and I returned to the house and called it a night.
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Ahhhh Friday is the last day for work. I went to KCMC to say good byes to the staff, and gave them a gift for being so awesome! I got them a radio that had a rechargeable battery. I know they love music, and I thought it would be a great gift for them! They loved it and it was sad for me to leave. I want to tell them when I would go back, but honestly I don’t know when I’ll have the money to return. But I know that when I do go back, they would always welcome me.
Everyone is so welcoming and hospitable, it’s something that I don’t find so much here in America. I’ll miss this the most.
We went to CCBRT for closing ceremonies and to give out my evaluation. I didn’t think of bringing something to give away for those that fill out the evaluation, but I managed to find 15 pens in my pen bag to give away! I don’t know why I have so many pens… But they were happy to have the pens and filled out the survey. I would be working with Zac to get those surveys translated and to make a formal report for KASI and for the WDDC class.
We ended the day and we headed back to town. Abdullah and Fatuma wanted me and Tish to have a traditional Tanzanian dress so they took me for measurements! I picked out cloth that was greenish and bluish! I know Tish’s favorite color is orange, so I chose an orange fabric for her. Ahh I am so excited!
I met up with my host sister at the bike shop and we walked around town for fun! We went home and packed for our Arusha trip!
