2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/leighcarpenter/rss.xml Welcome to my blog. This is a record of my time doing volunteer work in Arusha, Tanzania during 2009. I am volunteering though the Mondo Challenge placement organisation (www.mondochallenge.org) and am teaching at the Eureka Insitute, part of the Youth Self Empowerment Programme (www.ysep-tanzania.org). Visit their websites to find out more. I would love to hear from you so please feel free to add a message. http://www.getjealous.com/leighcarpenter http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=579916&go=leighcarpenter I got back to the house. Only Hashime was around. Mama and Baba had gone to a business meeting. They had promised to be back by 3pm to see me off. Time ticked on. I exchanged gifts with Hashime. I get a pair of goat hair sandals. 3.45 and I"m getting worried. My lift will be arriving soon and still no Baba and mama. My last task is to get some photos of me with them. I had also realised that ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=579916&go=leighcarpenter Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=578264&go=leighcarpenter After the weekends excursions I"m feeling rundown on Monday morning. I think I"m coming down with a cold. With Tuesday being a Bank Holiday I want to hit the shops today in case they are shut tomorrow. I go into college to take some stuff into them and ensure the computer exam papers are ready. My English class are waiting teacherless. I invite them to accompanny me for a walk around the... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=578264&go=leighcarpenter Mon, 6 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=577893&go=leighcarpenter I went in on Friday prepared for my trip to visit Julius"s family at Lake Natron. I had weighed up the pros and cons of undertaking this trip but figured how many times am I"m going to get this opportunity. As long as the rains held of I figured everything would be fine. If the rains came I could be stuck there to July. And Julius promises me that the Somali bandits have been chased away... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=577893&go=leighcarpenter Fri, 3 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=577434&go=leighcarpenter On Monday my weekend catches up with me. Feeling shattered. I"m late in to college. But, hooray, we have power back! Time is short so I get my English class working on typing their CVs at last. I head of at lunch to find a working or free internet café and finally find a (slow) connection in the third. I mange to leave my phone in one of them and had a little panic when thinking I had ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=577434&go=leighcarpenter Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=577433&go=leighcarpenter Friday, and not surprisingly there is still no power. I rearrange a new meet date with Clement. They are suddenly competing to invite me. Saitoti wants me to visit him now as well. I visit the Mondo office at lunch to get some printing done. I am given some pen pictures for Saitoti, Julius and Nelson. Some of the information I know but some I don"t. I wish I had it earlier. Back at Eureka, Ca... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=577433&go=leighcarpenter Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=577431&go=leighcarpenter I was still tired Tuesday morning and I was late to college. Luckily most students were late as well. What an example to set! And still no power. This is getting beyond a joke now. And now there is even no loo! I discuss my letter with the group. They seem to have got the message and they apologised as a group and gave me various bits of work they had done. I said my piece again. I think it"s... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=577431&go=leighcarpenter Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=574803&go=leighcarpenter I learn the next day that Christine got stranded in the loos when the rain hit while Colin battled with his tent which he insisted wasn"t put up properly so was leaking badly. They had a bit of a wet night.Anya departed to get the bus, so then there was three to finish the trip. Colin and Christine are a lovely couple and real characters, but they can be frustrating and annoying to get on wit... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=574803&go=leighcarpenter Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=574802&go=leighcarpenter On Sunday morning we set off for Ngorongoro Crater which is about an hours drive away. After entering the conservation area we ascend up the hill. Ngorongoro is a volcano that has collapsed on itself. This has produced a massive natural amphitheatre that contains a vast amount of game animals. Our drive takes us up to the crater rim where we get our first stunning view. Unfortunately there is a la... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=574802&go=leighcarpenter Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=574801&go=leighcarpenter I have a bit of my headache come on Saturday morning. Is it something about Safaris bring them on? I determined to fight this one.The form said meet at 9.00. That can"t be right? I"m sure it was earlier. I decide to set of to the meet point early just in case. I get to the City Link hotel at 8.10. I wait. Someone comes out and says that the Safari Company came at 8.00 for me. He will com... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=574801&go=leighcarpenter Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=574632&go=leighcarpenter Dear Class,I am writing to express my disappointment that the classwork I set for the lesson on 19th of March was not fully completed.By Thursday afternoon only two letters had been written and these did not include all the suggestions and corrections that I had written on your original papers. I had expected to see the improvements added to your letter to prove you had learnt something.I do not k... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=574632&go=leighcarpenter Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT