Hello friends and family:
This is not one of our easiest or relaxing trips. We spent 5 days and 4 nights at the orphanage in Dar es Salaam. Conditions are very primitive. The children are delightful--3 years to 19 and a few older--about 75 at the orphanage now--many are at boarding schools. We have both had some GI challenges. . .moral of the story is don't eat in 3rd World Countries!
We are now in Arusha--we are staying in a fairly nice motel. We will begin our safari on Friday. We will then spend time with an organization that supervises 32 orphanages--over 1000 children. The directors are both very nice so I am sure it is a well-run process.
The pictures are\;
A typical beans and rice meal being served.
Sharon taking BP on the orphanage staff.
\Sharon serving peanut butter and crackers to the children. They had never tasted peanut butter. The night before we left we supplied 86 bottles of cold pop. They don't have refrigeration and the orphanage so they only get cold drinks on special occasion. The peanut butter was hand delivered in our suitcase.
Returning from church--we bought coconuts from a bike peddler. The cost included him opening it and cutting the coconut meat out after we drank the milk. Fun and tasty.
The children are eating dinner. They don't use silverware--but they certainly are able to eat a lot. Mostly rice and beans.
Ron and the farm manager and one student inspecting the crops. The student, Derrick, now has Ron's sandels because he didn't own a pair of shoes.
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