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By the Book
I have written about the new Minister of Education, Joyce Ndalichako, on this blog before (http://toanafasi.blogspot.com/2016/01/dear-joyce.html), and now she is making headlines again. A recent...
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Masika
Most of the time, weather in Tanzania is pretty much how you would expect equatorial Africa to be: hot. But each year, we get two seasons of rain.The first, masika, is the long rains which...
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H.M.I.C.
As you all know, The Toa Nafasi Project expanded dramatically this year - from serving one public primary school to four. And with such expansion comes other growth - more students, more teachers,...
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Satellite Sites
Hi everybody, I hope all my lovely readers out there are well and good. Here at Toa Nafasi, things are great and we are getting lots of valuable work done. I will write in length a bit later in the...
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"My Better World"
Check out this interesting piece in Forbes magazine by global education contributor, Jordan Shapiro, titled "How Some Of The Poorest Girls In The World Get Exactly The Education They Need."Generally...
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Not in Kansas Anymore
Direct on the heels of Angi's visit to the Project and her work with the teachers to help them improve their lesson-planning and strategies for teaching slow learners, Toa Nafasi was fortunate enough...
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Legally Tanzanian
Hello all, and many greetings from Moshi where I have just returned after a glorious week in Amsterdam (blog post to come!) on holiday. I had meant to post this entry before I left, but alas, it was...
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Siku ya Mtoto wa Afrika
From the Swahili, it means "Day of the African Child,"and apparently it has been celebrated every June 16th since the year 1991. It pays homage to those who participated in the Soweto Uprising in...
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AmsterJam
By now, you all know that I'm a pretty informal person and that this blog, though primarily for Toa Nafasi and related news, sometimes lends itself as a vehicle for more personal entries: general life...
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Let Girls Learn
Last week marked the start of a multi-country trip for First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters, Malia and Sasha, in the name of girls' education around the world and the "Let Girls Learn"...
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Magufuli Not Foolin'
Hi all, I am just returned from the mountain after a successful summit to Uhuru Peak, the "roof of Africa," blog entry to come, natch.Since I'm just getting my sea-legs back (quite literally!) and...
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Wake Up, TZ!
From the Tanzania Daily News, see below an article titled "Government Solicits Private Sector Support to Improve Education."Hmmmm, whatever happened to "Hapa Kazi Tu"???? C'mon Tanzania, help US help...
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Second Time Around
Hi everybody, and many salaams from the heart of Moshi town where I am enjoying a sunny afternoon, catching up on computer work and correspondence after a two-week break.After my Amsterdam jaunt, I had...
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Kuku Mrembo
Sunday, July 24th, 2016 marked the one-year anniversary of Vumi Temba's death. She was my dear friend and sister, beloved and respected colleague at The Toa Nafasi Project, and a ray of light in some...
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Of Schnoz and Schmeckel
I *think* the title of this blog post is my attempt to outdo Steinbeckian titular alliteration - in Yiddish no less - but pay my cleverness no mind; what I'm really referring to is the work Toa Nafasi...
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Hei Hopes
Big news, dear readers, big news! We have a new staff member at The Toa Nafasi Project!!Heidi Lidtke has packed up her life (and her husband's!) and moved from the great state of California, U.S.A. to...
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Hello friends, and pole sana for not writing sooner. As you may have guessed from my last post, I have been busy welcoming Toa Nafasi's newest staff member, Heidi Lidtke, to the Project, to Moshi, and...
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Tragic Traffic
Greetings from New York City, dear readers, where I have recently touched down for my yearly Stateside sojourn. This year, aside from battling the typical jetlag, I have been laid low by a bout of...
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Eight Things
Hi everybody, I hope this blog post finds you all well. I'm doing better my second week back in NYC, about to head down to DC for the holiday weekend and spend some time in the old Rosenbloom...
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