Distribution #9 – Saturday, July 21, 2012
This morning our distribution was in Dar Es Salaam. We distributed 350 bedkits on the grounds of Mama Wandoa’s church.
When we arrived at the site, Mama had 40 children standing and seated ready for the first group photo. As we have observed at all the distributions the children patiently and quietly wait in the hot sun when they have to. We then took a second group photo of 50 children!
Despite the fact that today is the first day of Ramadan and several of our volunteers are fasting – they still worked hard with us.
After we completed distributing the 350 bedkits to needy children from four different schools we drove to Mama Wandoa’s farm about 1.5 hours away. Mama is building herself a small home there so she has a place to stay overnight when she wants to go check on her animals and the pineapples growing.
That afternoon Mama held a commemoration for the opening of the new well on her property for the use of the whole community. A group of Canadians from Ontario had provided funds last year for the well to be built.
Tomorrow (Sunday) we will not have a distribution.
Lala Salama (Swahili for “Peaceful Sleep”).
Kathy Devine
for Team Tanzania 2012
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