Steve and Barnabas in Tanzania

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."--Nelson Mandela For those of you who are regular readers of my blog, some of this discussion will be a refresher from some of the previous blogs.  But since I am picking up new readers who are interested in the Tumaini Primary School in Kiruani that Blessed2BlessU Ministries, Inc. is working with.  First Tumaini means Hope in Kiswahili.  For many in Tanzania, there is hope in the prospect of having their children receive a quality education.   Unfortunately, as I have discussed over the years a quality education is still difficult to find in Tanzania.  That is why I have become so excited working with this ministry because they are working to provide just that. The problems many people used to face in Tanzania was cost.  Only about 5 years ago did the government make primary school education free and only in the last 2 years has a secondary school education been free....

As I read that title I imagine myself sounding like Leonard off the Big Bang Theory when they went to encourage Middle School girls to enter science related fields. Yes,  I know I am late posting this week.  I appreciate the reminders.  The reason is that I attended the Singida Science Conference 2016 put on by the Peace Corp Volunteers in Kinampanda.  This is a village area that I drive through to get to my site.  It is the last village on the ridge line before I head down into the valley.   This was my fourth science/math conference put on by the Peace Corp Volunteers.  They plan the activities, set a schedule, create budgets, negotiate for locations not only to have the conference but also to house the students and transport them and one teacher counterpart.  There are two main type Peace Corp Volunteers.  One group does work along the lines of agriculture or health.  The other group are assigned secondary schools to teach in. ...