Where are we going exactly?

We fly into Kilimanjaro International Airport and will spend the first night in Arusha.
The next morning we will be picked up and taken west to Oldeani.

If you double click on the maps you will see them really close up!

Inventory of Donated Items

Today, Jack took an inventory of what has been donated so far:

• over 15 pairs of cleats
• over 14 pairs of shoes
• pajamas, t-shirts, pants, boxers

And some of the items are BRAND NEW! We live in the most amazing town!!!

Travel Insurance

I got a note from Peggy advising me to get travel insurance. The 2 options she gave were:
www.medjetassist.com and www.travelexinsurance.com.

I took a look at pricing and coverage etc and went with the MedJetAssist. This means that if anything should happen and if either one of us end up in the hospital, they will fly us back home in one of their jets.

Phew. Glad that's done!

Our Resumes

Yup. We need resumes! So today I worked on them. I haven't had to do one for me since 1990. As I run my website - there has been no need! And one for Jack? Well I just put where he goes to school, what clubs he belongs to and what he likes to do.

We need them for the Residence permits that we apply for once we get there.

Application Questions

We were asked to fill out a new application questionaire. We had to answer questions like:

1. What is your experience in working with children? Please include any volunteer work you have done.
2. Why are you interested in volunteering with us?
3. Please indicate by numbering 1-6 with 1 being the most desirable, which of these roles you would feel most comfortable/most interested in filling:
   
   ( 5 ) Assisting our on site pre-school teacher
   
   ( 6 ) Assisting our English, computer and confidence class teacher-this class is
   taught to Tanzanian students ranging in age from 15-20
   
   ( 3 ) Tutoring our children in math and English
   
   ( 2 ) Assisting in kindergarten at the local primary school
   
   ( 1 ) Assisting in our athletics program at the local primary school
   
   ( 4 ) Assisting in our English program at the local primary school

And some basic health information questions.

Jack and I both filled it out and I emailed them back. Next is to work on our resume's for the residence permits.

Pajamas - $10 Pledge for PJ's

Still no answer from Pajamagram regarding any donations for the children. I am wondering if 40 of my friends would donate $10 and I could go buy 41 pairs at the outlet store in Waterbury. I think I'll look into this.

Just after I posted the above, I decided to just email out as many people as I could - asking them if they would donate $10 for a pair of pajamas if Pajamagram doesn't pull through.

And look! So far these amazing people have donated! - THANK YOU ALL!!!!:

• Sarah S.
• Patrice
• Lynn A.
• Carolyn H.
• Lori & Tom
• Jen R.
• Jill G.
• Jen W.
• Karla T.
• Felicia F.
• Alex M.
• Tricia S.
• Maria F.
• Michelle J.
• Chris L.
• Linda
• Krissi
• Lynne
• Kris O.
• Mia
• Michelin
• Tracy
• Theresa
• Liz D.
• Katherine
• Nancy
• Nicki G.
• Andrea
• Meghan
• Licia
• Susan V.
• Courtney L.
• Gretchen
• Jessica
• Paige
• Liz F.
• Natalie H.
• Jill L.
• Betsi O.
• Jan S.

Have I forgotten anyone?

THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

School Projects

Yesterday I wrote an email to all Jack's teachers letting them know about our trip. And slowly, some amazing things are in the works!

• skyping with the 6th graders
• doing a Tanzanian Teen profile
• possible fundraiser after the trip
• incorporating the trip into LA with Moodle

I did write to Sara (the Vol Coordinator at the Village) regarding skype and this is what she said: "We do have Skype here. The challenge is always the time change and internet availability. Since we run on solar power, our internet connection is solar powered as well, and so depending on the day, will depend on when Skype would be available. Most likely it would be early morning time in the U.S. If we tried once or twice during your time here would that be enough? "