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          <author><![CDATA[Gap Months in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[My week at the Orphanage]]></title>
          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Day 23 – 21st March 2009Today I woke up the latest I have this trip – at 10.20! Amazing. You have no idea what a nice feeling a well over due lie-in is worth. I had a bit of a rough morning – being in another new place is taking a little bit of a toll on me and the prospect of doing nothing over the next two days scares me a little. I feel I need to keep busy to distract myself from missing people and being in a new environment. No power and no running water certainly didn’t help!However, Karen texted me in the afternoon, whilst I was writing up the Jangwani profiles, to ask if I wanted to go see a film. I jumped at the chance. I went with Karen, her son Josh and Sophie to see the film Marley & Me – air conditioned theatre!!! It was an okay film – very sad ending and it dragged a bit, however, there were some hilarious moments in the film. The cinema is within an American style mall which is another one of those bizarre things about Dar, unexpected things in unexpected places. There were some clothes shops which we had a look in and one even took a card! I should mention here that card machines just don’t exist here; it’s all cash so I would be scuppered without ATM’s. It’s such a weird concept to me now I guess because we live in such a plastic society, I mean I used to pay for my tea in London with a card.Once we had finished Karen drove me back to Mary’s and I spent the afternoon on the phone to Dad and Mum as well as finishing another book. That’s 15 now!Day 24 – 22nd March 2009The power was back thankfully last night! And we had running water so I have the much desired bath since the shower isn’t very good in my room. Last night dad got a hold of another Karen in Dar because I was feeling quite low yesterday and perhaps needed something to do today.Now – the connection I’m not quite too sure of but I’ll try my best! One of dad’s clients is married to someone who has a sister in Dar es Salaam so we managed to get in contact with her. Funny thing is that she teaches Kindergarten at the school Mary’s kids go to but knows Karen Stanley (the family I have been staying with) because some children from Karen’s nursery, Tiger Tots, go in to her class. Small world, eh? Well anyway she invited me round for lunch today which was very sweet.They have three dogs and three children. Megan who is 10, Jacob who is 8 and Louis who is 5 I think – all very sweet children and I found some common ground with Jacob over Star Wars. They also have the most adorable puppy, Tails, who is just a little ball of scruffy fluff. They commented on his likeness to ‘Hairy Mclairy’ – I have to agree! After lunch I played scrabble with them, losing narrowly to Karen. We then watched School of Rock before they eventually brought me back home. I had a lovely time there.At 5 I started a new book then spent an hour on the phone with mum. I’ve also gone on to their internet since I think mine has run out of credit which is a bit of a shame. So my blog might be running....well no. It IS running late! I’ll talk to the usual people tonight and then bed to get a good night sleep in before the Orphanage in Bagamoya tomorrow.Day 25 – 23rd March 2009Today was my second time down at the Orphanage. Me and Robert went in Lugendo’s car (he’s been my driver quite a few times) however, I sat in the back this time – no seatbelts and just a bar to hang on to. Quite scary I’ll admit especially since the main road to the Orphanage is being resurfaced so it’s got almighty mounds of sand on it so we had to go the back way. Roads don’t seem to be built with cars in mind here! It was a rather scenic route though and I got to see this spectacular orangey-red bird, beautiful colour but I have no idea what its name is!Once we got the Orphanage the plan was to stay a few hours while rob prepared some of the walls for painting. It was quite difficult with the children since I don’t speak very good Swahili and they know very little English. However, by the end of the session we’ve started to count to twenty in English which is really excellent. We then went back to the house (Mary’s) and I spent the afternoon reading and doing some more of the Jangwani profiles before an early bed for an early rise tomorrow!Day 26 – 24th March 2009I woke up early today and we set off around 10.30. We got to the Orphanage just after 11. Work begins on the painting of the Orphanage now since they’ve got a BBC camera crew filming on Saturday to do with Earth Hour. The idea is that everyone in the world at 8.30pm switches off their lights for an hour to promote energy efficiency. The idea is that the Orphanage will switch off all it’s lights but then turn them on using their solar panel energy – to show the use of renewable energy. Anyway, Darren (from Ireland) is staying at the Orphanage all week to get the painting done. I stay for almost two hours before Mary and Rob drive me to Bagamoya. I’ve learnt something new today, “Gotchola” (that may well be spelt VERY wrong) means to draw so I spent the hours we had together drawing various things and trying to sing the Alphabet and counting. Yesterday two of the main hotels in Bagamoya burnt down – which was a bit worrying but thankfully the one I was about to book in to was okay. The place is called ‘Travellers Lodge” and is very picturesque. It’s not a traditional hotel as such; all the rooms are little huts with two double beds and a rather big bathroom. They all come with a veranda and they look out over the Indian Ocean which is nice. It was a bit nerve racking being completely on my own but I manage to get through the afternoon by keeping myself busy and then having dinner. The huts are air conditioned which is also rather lovely – it’s nice to be not so hot, nasty and sweaty all the time!Day 27 – 25th March 2009I had a bit of a bad sleep, I couldn’t get to sleep because the air con was really loud and when I turned it off it was too hot! However, I did get some sleep and got ready and had breakfast ready for the taxi to pick me up at 9.30.Now... The taxi was a bit of an ordeal, I must admit I dislike them more here. The guy didn’t speak a word of English for a start! Because the road is still not finished we had to go down the back road, he went right instead of left and then got stuck in the sand. Had to dig himself out. Turned around and went to the beginning of the road and refused to go back in so I had to phone Mary to talk to him in Swahili. Finally he yielded and went back down the road again.FINALLY got there and I spent a few hours with the little ones. We counted and “sang” the alphabet as well as some colouring. Today I started something I had picked up from Karen’s nursery – I drew a cartoon letter, ‘A’ for example, which they had to colour in and then write it ten times underneath. They all seemed to get on well with the concept so we got up to E which is good.I left around 1 because they were about to have their lunch and it looked as if it was about to rain and the taxi would never had made it back down that road if was wet. Once I got back to the hotel I was feeling really ill, I tried to get my mind off it by doing the Jangwani profiles and finishing another book. I’m out of fiction now so I’ve started on my philosophy books. Still annoyed that my internet won’t work but I can’t really do anything about it till the weekend. I then attempted some dinner since I was feeling really bad by this point and spent the evening watching BBC Lifestyle because I’m really cool – Masterchef goes Large and The Great British Menu. I then got ready for bed, phoned my family and Sam before eventually drifting off with the air con on low so it didn’t make so much noise.Day 28 – 26th March 2009I had a nice lie in this morning since I was still feeling really rough. The taxi (thankfully a different one!) picked me up after lunch and took me to the Orphanage. I spent the afternoon with the four kids learning numbers, attempting to write out the alphabet and singing baa baa black sheep! Also because I stayed till around 6 I met some of the elder children when they got back from school. I also spent some time talking to Darren who’s from Ireland. He’s been staying at the Orphanage so he can paint the place but it was nice to speak to someone my age (ish) about our experience which was lovely.About six I left the Orphanage before it got dark and back to the hotel for some dinner and sleep. I spent the evening watching The Great British menu again and had a lovely dinner of chips and a chicken sandwich. When I was back at my room I did some more of the Jangwani profiles before settling down to sleep.Day 29 – 27th March 2009I didn’t get to sleep till very late last night so when I had to get up at 7 it was quite painful! However, I got showered, dressed and checked out of my room before getting the taxi to the Orphanage. It was a nice drive down since it wasn’t so overcast today. I was there at the Orphanage up until 6 so it was quite a long day!I again did similar things with the kids that I had been doing all week to keep continuity and they’ve become much more confident with their counting which is lovely to see. I also sat and played with them and spoke to some of the older children when they got back. All things are go because everyone was trying to get everything ready for the Earth Hour TV segment they were planning for Saturday evening. Darren had his job cut out for him trying to get all the painting done! Also it now looks good and something the children can be proud of. Once it came to going I didn’t say goodbye since I will go back with Dad and not ready to say bye just yet!Once I got back to Mary’s I put some more clothes in my case and we drove to Gwyneth’s Guest House since I would be staying there over the weekend. (I met Gwyneth on the second day I was here). I’m the first ever guest so that’s rather exciting! It’s a wonderful place with proper air conditioning. It’s called ‘Haven Guest House’.Okay I’ll start from the beginning. It’s a compound of five houses. The first house is the one I’m staying in, the Guest house. Three will be rented out as houses and the fifth house is a restaurant/pub which is wonderfully English meets Africa and it’s just a really nice atmosphere. So now since I’ve had such a long day I’m going to snuggle up in my duvet (!!! You have no idea how lovely that feels after sleeping under sheets for so long) and sleep till tomorrow morning!- Love, Emma xxx]]></description>
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          <author><![CDATA[Tanzania News - Tanzania Latest News, International News, Tanzan, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania]]></author>
          <title><![CDATA[Redet: Kikwete aongoza kura za maoni]]></title>
          <pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
          <description><![CDATA[Exuper Kachenje na Zulfa MsuyaMGOMBEA urais kwa tiketi ya CCM, Jakaya Kikwete amewaacha mbali wapinzani wake kwenye kinyang'anyiro hicho baada ya kupata asilimia 71.2 ya kura za maoni katika utafiti uliofanywa na Mpango wa Utafiti na Elimu ya Demokrasia (Redet).Matokeo hayo yamekuja katika kipindi ambacho kuna mzozo mkubwa baina ya taasisi nyingine inayofanya utafiti wa masuala ya kijamii, kisiasa na kiuchumi ya Synovate na Chadema ambayo inadai kuwa mgombea wake wa urais, Dk Willibrod Slaa aliongoza kwenye kura ya maoni iliyofanywa na taasisi hiyo.Synovate imekana kufanya utafiti wa aina hiyo na kwamba hadi sasa imefanya utafiti kuhusu mwenendo wa vyombo vya habari katika kuripoti habari za uchaguzi mkuu, lakini Chadema imesema inao ushahidi kuwa taasisi hiyo iliendesha utafiti ulioonyesha kuwa Dk Slaa alipata asilimia 45 dhidi ya 40 za Kikwete.Jana, Redet ilitangaza matokeo ya utafiti wake ambayo yanaonyesha kuwa Kikwete bado anaongoza, licha ya umaarufu wake kushuka kwa asilimia chache."Tukianzia uchaguzi wa rais wa Serikali ya Muungano, asilimia 71.2 ya wahojiwa wote walisema watamchagua mgombea urais wa CCM. Ilifuatiwa na Chadema ambayo asilima 12.3 walisema watamchagua mgombea wa Chadema na asilimia 10.1walisema watamchagua mgombea wa Cuf," alisema Dk Bana.Hata hivyo Kikwete anaonekana kupata kura nyingi zaidi kuliko asilimia za kura za wabunge ambazo ni 66.7 zikipungua kwa asilimia 4.5 kwa kulinganishwa na za kura za urais, huku madiwani wakipata asilimia 66.Kwa mujibu wa Redet, matokeo yangekuwa hivyo iwapo uchaguzi mkuu ungefanyika kati ya Septemba 20 hadi 28 mwaka huu.Akitoa matokeo ya utafiti huo wa 17 uliofanyika katika mikoa yote 26 ya Tanzania Bara na Visiwani katika kipindi hicho cha Septemba, Dk Bana alisema jana kuwa waliohojiwa walitakiwa kutoa maoni kuhusu uchaguzi mkuu wa rais, wabunge na madiwani.Alisema katika utafiti huo wahojiwa waliulizwa: "Mwezi Oktoba mwaka huu utafanyika uchaguzi mkuu. Kama uchaguzi huo ungefanyika leo, je wewe ungemchagua mgombea wa chama gani?" Alifafanua kuwa kutokana na swali hilo vyama vitatu vya CCM, CUF, Chadema vilipata alama nyingi kwa wagombea wake wa urais, wabunge na madiwani.Hata hivyo, Dk Bana alisema kiwango cha asilimia za kura kimepungua kwa mgombea wa CCM kulinganisha na utafiti uliofanywa na Redet mwezi Machi wakati matokeo yalipoonyesha kuwa asilimia 77.2 wangemchagua mgombea urais wa CCM na tofauti na asilimia 71.2 alizopata safari hii."Itakumbukwa kwamba matokeo ya utafiti wa Redet wa hapo Machi mwaka 2010 yalionyesha wengi wangemchagua mgombea urais wa CCM asilimia 77.2. Katika utafiti CCM bado inaongoza, hata hivyo kiwango cha asilimia kimepungua," alisema Dk Bana.Dk Bana alisema utafiti huo wa Redet ulifanywa kwa kuwahoji watu 2,600 katika wilaya 52 na kwamba watu 1,849 ndio waliosema watamchagua mgombea wa CCM, 263 wa CUF na 319 mgombea wa Chadema.Ikilinganisha na utafiti wake wa mwezi Machi mwaka huu, Redet ilisema kuwa katika kipindi cha miezi sita kilichopita, idadi ya watu ambao wangemchagua mgombea wa Chadema imeongezeka kwa asilimia nane (8) kutoka 4.2  za mwezi Machi hadi 12.3.Redet ilitaja pia kuongezeka kwa asilimia 0.9 kwa kura za urais wa CUF, asilimia 02 kwa TLP na 0.1 kwa NCCR-Mageuzi huku ikitaja sababu kuwa ni kampeni za uchaguzi zinazoendelea.  Lakini, taasisi hiyo ilisema mgombea urais wa CCM anaongoza kwa kutajwa jina lake kama mtu ambaye wangependa awe rais wa Tanzania na asilimia 68.5 ya wahojiwa wote akifuatiwa na Dk Slaa wa Chadema aliye na asilimia 11.9 huku Profesa Lipumba wa CUF akiwa wa tatu kwa asilimia 9.3 ya wahojiwa.Taasisi hiyo ya utafiti wa kitaalam ilisema kuwa katika kura za urais, CCM itapata kura kidogo zaidi katika Jimbo la Kigoma Vijijini ambako atapata asilimia 28 huku Jimbo la Nkasi akipata asilimia zote 100.Kwa mujibu wa utafiti huo kwa upande wa wabunge wa Jamhuri ya Muungano, pia asilimia ya watakaochagua mgombea wa CCM imepungua kwa asilimia 1.3, huku ikiongezeka kwa vyama vya upinzani, vikiongozwa na Chadema ambayo imeongezeka kwa asilimia 2.9, CUF 1.5, TLP na NCCR-Mageuzi asilimia 0.8 kila kimoja.Kwa mujibu ya Dk Bana asilimia 66.7 ya waliohojiwa walisema watamchagua mgombea wa CCM huku asilimia 11.7 wakitaja mgombea wa CUF na asilimia 11.5 wa Chadema huku vyama vingine vikitajwa na idadi ndogo ya wahojiwa katika nafasi hiyo na ile ya urais.Utafiti huo unaonyesha kuwa TLP katika urais itapata asilimia 0.4 na ubunge asilimia moja wakati NCCR-Mageuzi ikipata 0.3 urais na 1.1 ubunge na UDP iliambulia sifuri.Kwa mujibu wa Redet matokeo ya utafiti huo kwa nafasi za udiwani katika vyama hivyo yanakaribia kufanana na nafasi za ubunge na uraisi.]]></description>
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