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US-Ireland-Italy-Egypt-Tanzania

This summer I have the great fortune of traveling with friends. Coming to Tanzania alone last summer was an adventure and made for some entertaining blog entries (I’m told) but it also made for mental exhaustion and some loneliness. This year, at this point, I am in the great company of Laura Fombona from Spain and Hadley Rampton from Salt Lake City, UT. Soon, I’ll be joined by Carter Jensen of Salt Lake City – if he continues to survive his many adventures … sleeping with hippos, rafting the Nile and climbing Mt. Kenya. Continue reading “US-Ireland-Italy-Egypt-Tanzania”

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Safari Kubwa

Safari Kubwa means Long Trip in Kiswahili and this journey has been nothing less – and I don’t only mean the literal journey from Salt Lake City that began on June 19th, but the journey of Project Wezesha from inception to this point. After a long year of strategizing, spreading the word, fundraising, and digging deep emotionally and mentally, I have returned to Tanzania to really get things started. I have no idea today what this short month-long stay in Tanzania will produce for Project Wezesha, but no doubt – we will all know very soon! Continue reading “Safari Kubwa”