Zanzibar, January 2015

Hardly arrived in Zanzibar we found out that our shipped charity goods had arrived in Africa, but not as expected in Zanzibar, but in Dar es Salaam (mainland Tanzania). Once more we found ourselves in the middle of the everyday African chaos, but incidents like this don't disconcert us anymore. At the end of January the goods are still at the port in Dar es Salaam, but with a little help from our friends an co-workers on site, we are positive the goods will make their way eventually to Zanzibar.

Project CHOO: The first 50 dry toilets are constructed! This year and thanks to a donation of Markant-Foundation we were able to build 8 further toilets in the village of Mandakini (mainland Tanzania). Being close to Jasini were we built 10 toilets in June 2014, we decided to go there too and check them. They are in brisk use and are functioning perfectly. The demand for more toilets is on Zanzibar and Tanzania mainland equally high since the positive effects (less cases of live theatening diarrhea) shows.

We feel very strongly about this project and therefore want to build much more toilets.

Project SKULI: 30 school desks for Kigunda. Through the sponsorship of the "Swissair staff foundation for children in need" and private donations it was possible to carpenter 30 further desks for the school in Kigunda. Many more village schools still need desks.

Project RIZIKI: As every year we visited the sponsored kids and this time we took the opportunity to take new pictures of most of the little ones. All of them finished nursery school and are attending primary or secondary school now. The kids have matured much - real young ladies and gentlemen.