Arrived in Tanzania!

Arrived in Tukuyu, Tanzania on Friday evening. It is alot colder here than Malawi so thankfully we brought some winter clothes! Crossing the border was a unique experience...we've never had to walk across the border before and no one really monitors your entrance. Where else but Africa would people try to sell you bananas and sell you black market money as you are crossing the border!
We have just begun our third and final project; The Ilima poultry project. The aim of the project is to provide the locals with more prolific cross-bred chickens to provide them with eggs to sell and to use as a source of protein
Our host here, Kaye Mdidi has made our stay very nice and comfortable. We are learning alot of Swahili and about cooking the local cuisine. Our project got off to a good start today where we went to the local high school (Ilima Secondary School) and taught the students about chicken husbandry. They all seemed to learn alot and were very enthusiastic about the material. Bringing treats and prizes definitely helped our cause:) The school is building a chicken coop to house the chickens that are being donated by the project. The chickens are going to be raised by the orphan students and the eggs will be sold at the market to provide money for school fees and food for the orphans. Out of 500 students, 200 of them are orphans, and hopefully by providing them with chickens they will have enough money to still attend school. The building of the chicken coop (which was donated through the project) is going well but at a standstill until they receive more funds. Later this week we are planning on visiting some of the local farmers to conduct surveys to determine the challenges that they are facing raising these chickens. We also hope to be vaccinating some of the chickens for Newcastle's disease.
More to come!