Tanzania

Stories from Tanzania

Every Peace Corps Volunteer has a story to tell. Read stories from Volunteers about what it's like to live and work in Tanzania.

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Nutrition Mamas
Jennifer Dapolito

Zabroni, my committed counterpart, and I began facilitating a nutrition Training of Trainers with four women in our village. 

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Youth Health Room Under Construction
Teenagers' Access to Health Services
Christopher Valleau
In August of 2016 my counterpart Edwin approached me with an idea of building an adolescent-friendly health room at our clinic.
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Tanzania: My students are my teacher: Together we are growing
My students are my teacher: Together we are growing
Tess Weidner

To my 200-plus midwifery students — you know who you are — this is dedicated to you and all that you have taught me during my ten months as a visitor in your beautiful country. I hope you recognize how truly special each and every one of you are.  

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Peace Corps Taught My Family and Now I Am a Volunteer
Mark Rayos
My family lived in Lingayen, a seaside provincial town in the Philippines peppered with rice paddies and fishponds.
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Peace Corps Service Keeps Me Young
Susan Schneider
As a 66-year-old Peace Corps English teacher serving in Tanzania, I don’t hike as fast as my younger Volunteers…but I still hike.
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Chris Biles
Increasing Water Access for Sustainable Home Gardens
Peace Corps Tanzania

Volunteer Agriculture Extension Officer Chris Biles partnered with her community to use wells, rainwater catchment and drip irrigation technology to support home gardens for better nutrition in the village of Isitu.

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What Are the Odds?
Kelly Anderson

From a student of Peace Corps to an employee of Peace Corps, what are the odds?

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Bao haliishi (mancala)
Karibuni Tanzania: How I learned to play bao
Sam Owens

Bao is a mancala game played in East Africa, and I made a set as my first major woodworking project upon my return from Tanzania.

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PermaGarden members rinsed sweet potato leaves.
PermaGarden: Better Gardening, Better Nutrition, Better Students
Ven Anderson

I started off my service as a math teacher. With the support of the Peace Corps’ Small Project Assistance fund, I worked with my community and created the PermaGarden Project, which made it possible to add more nutrition to student meals. 

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The Maua Mazuri girls graduating with district officials and all!
Usawa. Equality.
Emily Beggins

Usawa means equality in Swahili.

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