It's now just over a year since I returned from Tanzania, and I am packing my bags once again to go back. I am one week away from my 10 week mission, where I hope to make a great impact in the lives of community members in the isolated district of Karagwe. Tucked in the northwestern corner where TZ borders Uganda and Rwanda, Karagwe is an area that's population of approximately 490,000 is made up of impoverished farmers, uneducated children, and struggling women. Like much of Africa, the schools are overcrowded, lacking resources, and taught by unqualified and under paid teachers and the majority of families in Karagwe cannot afford to send all or any their children to school. Too many of the women in Karagwe are lacking the skills, education, and self-confidence to support themselves and their families and are suffering more each day. Men, women, and children throughout this district are struggling to get proper health care, water, and sanitation, and failing at their attempts.
I will be working with KADERES, a Tanzanian relief agency, to combat these problems and uplift the many villages in Karagwe. In 7 weeks, I will work in 6 different villages doing just this and hoping to make change. Every person deserves fair prices for food, clean water and sanitation, beneficial education, and the ability to support themselves. I hope you will follow along with this exciting, tough, surprising, interesting, and joyous 10-week mission.
With love,
Carlyn
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