I moved in to my new home on Thursday. It is about 30 minutes walk outside of Arusha in a place call Sinoni. There is tarmac half the way there and the rest is a mud track with some occasional rubble thrown into the bigger holes. Not dissimilar to something you would find at Brick Kiln Farm. I live with an extended family around a small court yard used for washing and cooking. There is mama and baba, and their too sons Boneface and Allen. Then there is Francis who is an orphan and has been with my family for some time. 2 other girls that don’t speak English but I gather are some kind if house maids. There are also three young children, but am not sure to whom they belong.
The home is very basic – no hot water, a squat toilet, all cooking on coals outside and a tin roof, but also very friendly indeed.
Below the obligatory picture with the children.
Hi James
Will keep checking up on you to make sure you’re ok. What exactly is your mission over there? And how long will you be staying?
I’m proud of you James, my little surrogate son
xxxx