My good friend and I are collecting clothes, books, items, etc for an orphanage in Tanzania - YATIMA Foundation-Mbagala (the name of the orphanage). If you are in Japan, please let us know if you have any summer clothes that you no longer need/want - baby/ young adult clothing, toys, books, etc are very welcome. Remember nothing is too small and a little goes a long way.
Zawadi is the Swahili word for "Gift" and "Kwa" means "For". "Gift for Africa" is a drive started by two friends, Jacqueline Mujaya and Dacia Stanford. The focus is to collect items such as clothes, books, toys,etc for Orphanages in Tanzania and deliver them directly to the Orphanage's door - no middle man! This blog is to capture all of the wonderful moments made possible by all of you. Our first focus will be the Yatima Foundation, Mbagala which is home to 150 children.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Africa - share your amazing Africa experience!
Visiting Africa came as a casual idea around summer 2010 while chatting with friends in regards to our year-end plan. Since it looked like my company was going to relocate me to Australia (my request) and the tax rates there is tremendously high, I decided to do my Africa trip this December.
I started off in Tanzania where I landed at the Julius Nyerere International airport and it was an amazing feeling walking outside. My girlfriend picked me up and my Africa vacation officially began.
I met some of the nicest people in Tanzania and it was so warm to see how everyone was living in harmony. Seeing a different side of Africa compared to what we normally see on T.V or in the news was good, which shows us not to believe everything we see on T.V and some things we need to experience first hand. I strongly recommend Tanzania, especially Zanzibar and Bongoyo and island surrounded by the Indian Ocean and a 30 minute boat ride from Dar es Salaam.
I did South Africa, Johannesburg was ok, think I need to visit there again as I wasn’t able to do things on my own time. Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, AMAZING and the Safari Park in Botswana is also a must visit.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)