10 Sep Jifundishe: Filling Education Gaps in Tanzania
Learning the story of Jifundishe's origins and Tanzania's education system....
Learning the story of Jifundishe's origins and Tanzania's education system....
Our partners are fostering dialogue around safe sex and HIV/AIDS. ...
Written by Suthen Sivanesarajah, 2014 East Africa: Youth in Action. I chose to join the Youth in Action program in East Africa in part to understand the impact and challenges of micro-finance in sub-Saharan Africa. For the uninitiated, Micro-finance is an alternative way of providing financial...
We took a bumpy ride to the colourful and friendly Gulu. ...
Photo by RWEYOWA.
Photo by Linda Ozromano.
We all got to the wedding in separate cars after getting lost a few times along the way. I learned shortly upon arriving that I was to be the best man and we were all an important part of the groom’s side for the ceremony. It wasn’t so much a wedding, more like a formal engagement in which the bride’s side puts on a celebratory show. There were dancers, percussionists, a Ugandan soldier, Buganda warriors, and two hired men to bicker and transition the celebration from one event to another. We were also involved in the ceremony, we ended up carrying all the gifts that the bride’s side had prepared for the evening. The girls brought baskets by balancing them on their heads and the boys carried an entire cow! It was so cool and interesting being thrown in the middle of something so different and new for us.Our main project was the Ewafe Project, meaning "where we belong". ...
Written by Linda Ozromano, program leader, 2014 East Africa Discovery As team East Africa Discovery was finishing our first volunteer project in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, we felt very lucky to have worked with RWEYOWA. Our time spent working with them gave us much confidence and...
The kids were shy, but sweet, Bibi (the Grandmother) was ninety years old,...
People respect you for ‘who’ you are and not just for ‘what’ you are...
... we had a crowd of over 200 people there to watch our game...
When we arrived the first day, unfortunately my experience was well below my already low expectations....