Habari
gani (how are you) people? I am back with some more stories( doesn’t it feel
like you read my blog just moment ago?? Phewww ! Days or should I say weeks are
just flying by. By now you must be well aware of my daily routine. Swahili
classes this week included an exercise where we have to speak with locals in
Swahili. It was a learning experience where I realized I have a long way to go
to speak flawless Swahili (its not possible to be fluent in a month).
The interactive Swahili lessons
The
labs this week were different in the sense that there was no technical work;
instead we spent time on reflections. It was great break from the usual
technical stuff where we introspected what had changed within and around us.
The first session made everyone analyze some poetic quotes in context to our
experience with stay and culture in Tanzania. The next day we had a guest
lecture by ex-EWH student who had come to Tanzania for the same purpose as
ours, however she planned to stay and work for the betterment of the people in Arusha.
She is been here for the past four years. It was inspiring the way she spoke!
One of us asked us what did she miss the most from back home and she said I
miss nothing!! The last session in reflections was an icebreaker activity where
each student had to communicate one-on-one with other about 12 topics mentioned
by our coordinator.
One of the group presenting in the reflection session
The
day at Mt.Meru hospital was relaxing yet challenging. Remember I told you about
the battery I had removed from the generators? I put that to charging, to see
if we could reuse it. Rest of the day one of the other girls and me worked on
to convert an oxygen concentrator to an air compressor. We also went on a tour
around the hospitals just so we got an idea on where to find broken equipment
and how to work with hospital staff.
The
night after the hospital visit was fun. All of us went around the Arusha
market. We had dinner at Khan’s barbeque; I think I mentioned going there in
our first week in my second blog. After that we then went to a club where
everyone danced till like 3 in the morning.
The
next day, Saturday our coordinator had arranged a visit to a school, St. Jude.
It’s like a boarding school with huge campus. The graduating advanced level
students had organized some activities for us, where we were divided with the
students into different groups. We played musical chairs, performed some
activities like a play or some dance and then they taught us a song in Swahili (cant
remember any of it except for the first verse). We ate lunch with them and they
showed us around the campus. They were really happy to have us and asked us if
we would visit again.
EWH students with the St. Jude students
And
Sunday, I got up at 8. First actual Sunday. The rest of the day my roommate and
me spent almost the whole day braiding our hour. Most of you must have seen me
in them. It took like 4 hours to finish braiding them.
So
guys pretty much this was my week. It is going to remain almost the same for
the next 2 weeks. Be happy (kuwa na furaha) !
Superb !! ... Jai Ho ..
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