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Student studies by lantern light.

Photo of Monduli Upper Primary Student, Lakara Ole Saitoti studying by the light of a lantern. 1967
Tanzanian Upper Primary School Band

Picture of the 1967-68 championship band from Monduli Upper Primary School. The Drum Major is Godwin Vartalala.
Graduation Picture, 6th form

These are my graduating 6th formers, at Mazengo Secondary School, Dodoma, Tanzania, 1989. I taught A- and O-level maths at this all-boys school (there was one girl, the daughter of another maths teacher). In this picture, we are all happy and hopeful!
Happy Halloween

Villagers were not aware of pumpkins as we know them in America. I introduced the seeds and they were excited about the whole process. I showed them how we carve pumpkins for a special occassion called Halloween. It was a great cross-cultural exchange.

Machine Chickens

I remember the incubator miracle like it was yesterday. I was an upper primary school teacher in Monduli, Tanzania in 1966. Among the projects that I was involved in was the development of a flock of chickens both for eggs and for meat. The project started with 100 eggs from the area agricultural college and a kerosene incubator provided by Peace Corps. A small room was found for the incubator and the project got underway. As the project progressed, I became aware of not only interest...