Monthly Archives: October 2012

The Plan!

written 10/27 After two weeks of living in a hidey-hole and many conversations with Sam and Ana, our plan for the year is ready to be released. Just a note: this was created 100% by members of 2Seeds, without any … Continue reading

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Skin Color and Foreignness

written 10/26 One of the strangest things about being here is how starkly our skin color makes us stand out. It is immediately apparent to anyone that we are not from here and that fact shapes a lot of our … Continue reading

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Stir Crazy

written 10/24 These last two weeks, which have been an experiment that I hope shall never be repeated, have seen us spend 90% of our time inside the house. We have accomplished a lot and have made done a lot … Continue reading

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The Desperation of Waiting for the Rain

written 10/23 Today was the first day that I really began to understand the way that life here is ruled by the weather. This is something we have been told repeatedly, but hearing about it and seeing it in action … Continue reading

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“This is madness! This is Tabora!”

written 10/20 We have completely switched gears since the last post that included project updates. On Sunday the 14th we met with Sam and Ana to talk about how our project’s going. We updated them on KCJ and the work … Continue reading

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Health and Physical Differences

written 10/15 Ashley and I are constantly itchy, sometimes to the point where we have difficulty concentrating on anything else. We’re not positive what it is (although we have ruled out bedbugs), but my suspicion is just that it is … Continue reading

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Roommate and Coworker

written 10/14 In many ways, the most challenging part of this adventure so far for me has been learning to work and live with my partner. We often have completely opposite viewpoints and approaches to doing things, which has made … Continue reading

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Training Follow-up

written 10/12 Because only two of our group members and one daughter showed up to the training, Ashley and I decided that to provide follow-up to the training we should have the women who were at the training teach the … Continue reading

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Blog Update

written 10/11 I appologize for the lack of posts this week- I’m not used to living in a world without only sporadic electricity and internet, so I didn’t get my next few blogposts on a computer in time to have … Continue reading

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When you’ve read as many philosophy books as I have…

These are two posts that I started to write and never finished…and I figure I will publish them anyways. I’m not sure if it’s vain to assume that people want to read my ramblings or if I should consider it … Continue reading

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