Dear friends, October 2020 Our school driver delivered a raft of Swahili and English newspapers this morning and I immediately began to devour the news of Covid-19 and the election campaigning both here and in the States. Our secretary just came by and asked if there was to be an October letter. I […]
Dear friends of Africa, August 2020 We have started a new school term and having said goodbye to the form VI students all 220 of them and have welcomed the 180 new form V scholars. Today is also the funeral of Benjamin Mkapa who was the third president of Tanzania. He was ever a […]
July 2020 Dear Friends of Africa The Tanzanian government declared a back to school order for the end of June and we received our final batch of students today. This has been a trying time for all of us, teachers, parents and students together. Our Headmistress Sister Evetha told me this morning that seven […]
September 2017 Dear Friends of Africa, As of the end of June I have been in the United States on home leave. I have been meeting with friends and benefactors and spending very special time with family and both close and distant relatives. This is I must say the most agreeable part of my visit. […]