Peace! Sent from my BlackBerry® phone.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Peaceful nights - the building crescendo of frogs in suburg of Dar es Salaam.
10 pm phase one: frogs.
Midnight phase two: dogs
3:30 am phase three: roosters
4:30 am: competing Muslim calls to worship on mosque speakers
Ready to wake up? Wait, was I sleeping?
Can make you long for the peaceful bliss of traffic sounds…
“Rainy days and Mondays” (that was this morning - yes! – the rain makes everything better).
Friday, September 10, 2010
My wife Lonnie came to Tanzania with instructions to keep me well! Today we're working on health of local neighbors.
People die young here in Tanzania. 10% at childbirth, another 20% by age five. One village where we are working, 80% test positive for HIV! About 12% of women die giving birth in their lifetime. Etc. Not statistics, these are real people. Our neighbors. But it can be different. We are working on sustainable village healthcare and group health insurance for poor villagers. The first effort of its kind that we are aware of. Truly integrated development. Economic development connects to human development. Just like the vines growing on this hostel where we stayed last night, we're bringing life. Peace,
Ray
Peace! Sent from my BlackBerry® phone.
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