(To see what happened during the first 11 days, see Part 1)
Day 12 (Warning: slightly disgusting content. Do not attempt to read while eating):
I just finished rubbing my heels with sandpaper for the last hour. It’s a long story how I got to this point, but it involves exclusively flip-flops/sandals and very dirty/dusty/sandy [...]
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21 Days on the Road (Part 2)
September 17th, 2008 — , BRAC Tanzania, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Tanzania, africa from Julie Ross @ Kiva Stories from the Field
21 Days on the Road (Part I)
September 6th, 2008 — , BRAC Tanzania, Julie Ross, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Tanzania, africa from Julie Ross @ Kiva Stories from the Field
On August 24th I left Dar es Salaam for a 3-week trip to central Tanzania to train BRAC branches on Kiva in three other regions. Here’s a glimpse into the first 11 days of my 21 days on the road:
Day 1:
Seven hours on the bus from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma has kicked [...]
I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar
August 20th, 2008 — , BRAC Tanzania, Julie Ross, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Tanzania, africa from Julie Ross @ Kiva Stories from the Field
When I first began working in Washington D.C. on Capitol Hill, my initial impression was horror that the country was being run by a bunch of 20-somethings. At 23, I was solidly within the median age range and even felt old when I saw peers walking around with short skirts, finding myself thinking “how inappropriate!” [...]
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August 4th, 2008 — , BRAC Tanzania, Julie Ross, KF5 (Kiva Fellows 5th Class), Tanzania, africa from Julie Ross @ Kiva Blogs from the Field
I never thought I would move to Tanzania to learn about Bengali culture, but then again I never thought I’d eat octopus for dinner so sometimes one must adjust expectations. How have I happened to find myself sitting in an office shared by one Bengali woman, one Tanzanian woman, and me? Such is life at [...]
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