Today we went to Arusha to see Roopa off. Arusha is about 2.5 hours from Karatu. It has things like ice cream, cheese, and Chinese food: it is the virtual paradise of Northern Tanzania…but after a few hours, I was ready to come home – back to Karatu. Amazing how Karatu feels like home now.
So we are winding down now, heading back to Dar on Wednesday. But we are also gearing up, making plans for the coming year. There have been many exciting things happening in the past week. We have joined forces with an NGO here and are beginning to pursue a collaboration with them for first year students next summer. This NGO has been absolutely amazing to us, taking us in and introducing us to the medical system in Karatu. They have helped us get on good footing with the appropriate government offices here and we have an official invitation to come back and develop a long-standing collaboration with the hospitals in the Karatu region. He is excited with us, which is a welcomed gift, and is thinking big, daring to dream with us…that someday Karatu and Philly will be sisters. I like this very much!
So, to all our classmates who helped us get here in all your various ways of support, thank you so much for your work: making posters, storing supplies, organizing fundraisers, giving us contacts in Tanzania, helping us edit our proposals, etc. I hope you will all join us in the fall and make this program a lasting one. Start making plans for fourth year, we’re going back to Tanzania guys! – (yes, you too Timothy)
rach
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