Brian in Tanzania

I am living in the town of Shirati in Northern Tanzania for the next year working with the Mennonite Central Committee and the Tanzanian Mennonite Church on environmental and human health development projects. Stay tuned for periodic updates!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Returning home

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I can hardly believe it, but my time in Tanzania has now come to an end. I had a wonderful last few weeks, wrapping up my project and hel...

Monday, May 3, 2010

Irrigation Project Moves Ahead

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Well it has been quite a while since my last post, so it is definitely time for another update. The months of March, April, and May constitu...

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Update on travels, and observations on the economic and ethical complexity of a globalized economy

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Well a lot has happened in the weeks since my last post; I will do my best to summarize. I spent the week of Feb. 15-19 at the East Africa...

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Kilimo Kwanza

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Agriculture first, or Kilimo Kwanza, is a new initiative of the Tanzanian government to pour lots of effort and money into improving the agr...

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Sunday, January 3, 2010

A New Year Begins

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It has been a long time since my last post, a month in fact! A lot has happened in the last month, so an update is long overdue. I had a gre...

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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Christmas time is here

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It is hard to believe that Christmas is only two weeks away! I have heard reports of snow storms in West Michigan, and since my last memori...

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Photos!

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A very old elephant blocking the road in front of us in the Serengetti Giraffe also in the Serengetti My living room Myself and other MCC wo...

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