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Topic mughumbu village

SO we are here in the village and it is pretty amazing. The children are so cute and they sit at the gate of our compund watching our every move. The camp is really basic: hole in ground is the toilet, bucket behind a screen is the shower, charcoal burner...

12 Nathalia Noguera 2010/07/24 11:04
Topic Singida 2010 announced

HAPA have just confirmed that in 2010 volunteers will be in Mghumbu village.

0 Moya Cutts 2010/04/11 04:14
Topic Singida 2009 programme underway

The first group of Singida volunteers have arrived in Dar es Salaam, completed their first week of training and are now out in Mghumbu!

1 Moya Cutts 2009/06/06 04:54
Topic Singida 2009, Mghumbu Village

Just to let you know the Singida 2009 programme will be in Mghumbu village as last year. The aim is to build two more classrooms to accomodate number of children in the school who have no classrooms.

0 Moya Cutts 2009/04/16 02:34
Topic Travel after volunteering and returning home

Thanks to Tim Corrigan for this final update on his return home.

1 Tim Corrigan 2009/02/01 17:31
Topic Mghumbu village, Singida, 2008

Hello!Sorry it's taken so long to get this note to you - Things have been crazy since my return. First of all, the entire program was such an incredible experience and I am greatful that Volunteer Africa and HAPA exist! I met some very interesting and wonderful people through the program in...

0 Moya Cutts 2009/01/14 09:50
Topic Tabora and Tanzania Feb-June 2008

Hello everyone,

0 amy evans 2008/07/05 15:36
Topic Mvae Village, Singida 2008

All is well thanks moya..

5 Ann Bassett 2008/06/06 15:14
Topic Tabora June 2008

Hey all!

0 Jonathan Said 2008/06/05 13:19
Topic News from Singida 2007 Project Sites

Here is the latest news just in from HAPA. I thought you would like to hear

1 Steve Buzzell 2008/03/05 01:45
Topic Mghumbu News, 2007 Singida Programme

Thanks very much to Deidre O'Reilly from Belfast for this update from Mghumbu village.

2 Moya Cutts 2007/10/18 09:39
Topic Mvae Latest News, 11th Oct 07

Thanks to Tim Corrigan for this update from Mvae village.

1 Moya Cutts 2007/10/13 21:24
Topic Mvae village, Singida, news from Tim Corrigan

Hi everyone,Just thought I'd write from Singida before I travel to 'no internet/electricity etc but apparently a mobile signal' Mvae!After a tiring bus ride (it did break down but they were able to fix it), Singida is great. It is pretty and really relaxed here and the locals are extremely friendly...

3 Moya Cutts 2007/09/30 08:19
Topic any advice for the ones who are astill going?

hi everyone,

1 Fiona Fox 2007/09/25 09:00
Topic Mhgumbu village posting from Luke Mills

Here is an update from Mghumbu village, 23rd September 2007. Thanks to Luke Mills, currently in Mghumbu.

0 Moya Cutts 2007/09/23 03:03
Topic News from Mvae Village, Singida Angelique Fronicke

Mambo! Habari za leo? Hujambo!All going well in Mvae. The roof of the dispensary has just been completed, and we start on floors and ceiling next week. All working very hard! Erin and I went to the local primary school on Friday and observed and taught 2 classes, which was...

1 Ciaran Duffy 2007/08/26 16:39
Topic News from Mwanza - may 2007

Hey everybody,

2 Belinda Whitehead 2007/07/14 16:05
Topic News from Mvae

Hey all! It's Laura. I got home safely after a crazy 30 hr (and 3 different planes) trip. Felt pretty sick when I got home, but it's nice to see family and friends. Had the time of my life in Mvae. The people were so welcoming and we had a...

0 Laura Harris 2007/06/21 22:03
Topic May 2007 Singida group start in Dar

Courtesy of Kimberly Tomaszewski, Singida May 07 Volunteer 

2 Moya Cutts 2007/06/10 03:23
Topic Hello from Tabora!

     The first two weeks here in Tabora have been very full, and very exciting! Thanks to the latest funding received from Volunteer Africa, HAPO is now in the process of selecting 11 new children to join with our current 13. My fellow new-comer Faye, has been very helpful in...

1 Michelle Hancock 2007/03/20 12:00
Topic Hello from Mwanza!

Hi,

2 phil longwell 2007/03/15 11:27
Topic Greetings from Mwanza!

Just thought I'd write a quick post about our first week and a half.  All's going well in Mwanza after a slightly shaky start - training week in Dar was challenging but rewarding and ended with a fantastic night out with our teacher, Michael (African dancing and live band).  Then...

7 Christine Hall 2007/02/12 16:57
Topic Health in Mwanza

I thought I would write a quick post to clear up some stuff about me leaving Mwanza. First, I was to be at Hisani until January 15, and after only three and a half weeks in Africa I fell ill. I was very sick, and went to the Hindu hospital...

7 phil longwell 2007/01/24 06:28
Topic Hisani News

Ok. Here is my first personal post about Hisani.  It's been an amazing first week, full of highs and lows.  I've just about got over the culture shock and Buswelu is beginning to feel like home.  Much prefer Mwanza to Dar and we have orientated ourselves fairly well, walking from...

9 Leesa Sarandoglou 2007/01/12 13:18
Topic Tabora 2006

Here is the first news for the brand-new Orphans and Vulnerable Children's programme in Tabora. The first group of volunteers arrived on 18th September 2006.

1 Holly Rich 2006/12/11 03:17
Topic Matumbo Village 2006

Power cuts in Singida have meant little internet access for volunteers hence here is the first posting for Matumbo village for 2006.Matumbo project - May 2006There were 13 of us in our group in total (5 x US, 1 x Hong Kong, 1 x Australia, 3 x Canada and 3...

13 sally reith 2006/11/19 09:29
Topic Where the money has gone during 2006

With another VolunteerAfrica financial year coming to an end (it runs from 1 Dec to 30 Nov) I thought there might be some interest in our provisional results.

0 Simon Headington 2006/11/11 20:06
Topic Wanted - Pictures from Nkuninkana

A former HPA volunteer & staff member, who spent 2 years in Tanzania, including a year in Singida, as volunteer programme co-ordinator in 1996 & 97, is a school teacher in Derbyshire and is working on setting up a link between his primary school and the school in Nkuninkana.

1 Lisa Waldschmitt 2006/11/07 21:36
Topic Dar Es Salaam... first week!

All,

1 Sabina Morley 2006/11/02 21:53
Topic Arrival in Tabora

Well, after one of the worst bus rides I have been on we arrived safely from Dar to Tabora. We were greeted by Dr. Sekesua and taken back to his house for a wonderful meal. Shortly after we were met by Amanda and Kim who took us back to our...

2 phil longwell 2006/11/02 10:04
Topic Not much news from Singida

Postings on the forum have been less frequent this year due to the increased number of powercuts in the region meaning the current vols often find no electricity, hence no computers, when they come into Singida for the resupply.

1 Elaine Cartwright 2006/10/02 16:20
Topic Nkuninkana September 2006

For news visit Emma Urquhart's travel blog website on http://www.planetranger.com/emma/

0 Moya Cutts 2006/09/23 21:21
Topic Mwanza/Hisani June 06

Hello!!

15 phil longwell 2006/09/19 15:20
Topic Tabora in February

Hello Moya and others, I am wondering whether there are any new updates on the tabora work in february of 07.? I am curious who is going as well as any new information about the project.? Moya or anyone else, post anything that comes along will ya...thanks so much.? cody...

0 cody hagler 2006/09/18 04:01
Topic Outside Hisani's Walls

All is well here at Hisani.? Scott, Sabina, and I are down to our last few days.? We are preparing to hand over the reins to Erin, Christine, and the new volunteers now in Dar.? Things are all set for safari and we are exited to see a new part...

0 Michael Curran 2006/08/16 11:10
Topic Post trip chat!

Well!? This?isn't strictly project news since I have already returned from Mwanza but I just wanted to write a wee post to say that I had a fabulous time in Mwanza.? It was a wonderful experience and the children are amazing.?

1 Michael Curran 2006/08/16 10:20
Topic Matumbo July 24- Aug 20, 2006

Here is an email from the fourth group in Matumbo - Lauren, Michele, Adrian, Ocean, Sandra and Russell, left over from last group! Russell did a grand job showing us the ropes! He says we have leant well!

0 Chi Yip Seow 2006/08/12 13:56
Topic Update from Mwanza/Hisani 01 May Vols!

Well!

1 Scott Amott 2006/05/29 16:54
Topic News from Mwanza/Hisani - 27th March 2006 Volunteers

Hey Everyone!!

9 Sabina Morley 2006/05/06 13:21
Topic Mwanza, 5th June '06

9 Aubree McClelland 2006/03/22 01:06
Topic Current progress of Kimbwi and Musambu projects

1 Moya Cutts 2005/12/09 22:01
Topic News From Kimbwi

3 Sheree Lette 2005/10/07 13:59
Topic Hello from us all in Kimbwi!!!!

1 Lacey Ferguson 2005/09/24 14:13
Topic Photos from first Kimbwi group

1 Thaddeus Stringer 2005/08/19 18:28
Topic Village/ School Presents

1 Sinead Courell 2005/08/18 15:21
Topic Kimbwi- Musambo

0 Sinead Courell 2005/08/13 00:57
Topic News from Msambu - 2005

3 Katharine Mulcahy 2005/08/05 13:42
Topic News from Kimbwi Village

3 Moya Cutts 2005/08/03 03:49
Topic News from Singida - May 2005

6 Thaddeus Stringer 2005/07/11 15:03
Topic News from Mampando 2004

7 Simon Headington 2004/11/08 12:29

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