In February, 2014, we flew to Tanzania, where Caye delivered 6 new sewing machines donated by a lady in Oregon and lots of related supplies to Your Sisters Orphanage. She-helped local women learn how to use and maintain them and market their products. The women now have a viable business. The orphanage was in the country, about 15 miles west of Arusha. Arusha is the second largest city in Tanzania, about 50 miles south of Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Kenya border, and about 200 miles inland from Dar Es Salaam, the capital, on the Indian Ocean.
We lived in an apartment in Arusha, near the apartment of Libby Bailey and Frank Mollel, her husband, who together founded and operate the orphanage. Frank is Tanzanian, and the orphanage is located in his family’s house. His mother and father are the day-to-day caretakers of the children. For more details on the orphanage, click Here. For more details on the project, click SEW at the top of the page.
It’s hard to summarize Tanzania in a few words. It’s colorful and the people are friendly. At the same time the rows of shops along the streets, where we lived, at any rate, were small and informal. The traffic is casually chaotic. In general, Tanzania was enjoyable to visit but also makes us thankful we live in the U.S.
We have separate pages for photos of the Maasai (this is the accepted spelling, not :Masai), our safari on the Serengeti, and the Sewing project. Click on the links be;pw. We also met a Maasai environmentalist who has extensively studied the effects of climate change on Maasai society.
