School in Tanzania

Anney came to visit us to talk about Tanzania. Ms Anderson and Miss Kent will be visiting a school in a village in Tanzania in September.

What do they eat?
- Rice, maize and gravy.

What do they do?
- maths and writing. Lots of things in the same way you do because lots of New Zealand teachers have been helping them. They don't have any technology or cameras.

What do they make?
- children sometimes make, but not as much as we would like

Do they have games in their classroom?
- not many games for learning.

Why were they making stuff out of mud?
- they were telling a story and making the characters. They didn't have playdough or clay so they used mud.

Do they have the same colours?
- exactly the same colours but different names for them.

Do they have shops?
- Yes but not like ours. They have markets. The Massai market is very tempting with beautiful fabrics, dishes and beads.

Do they have libraries?
- No, they don't have libraries. At one school there is a library that was made by some New Zealand teachers. At the school in Ghana, we have sent a container of books to make three libraries.

Is it hot?
- It is very hot. I didn't like it much at all because the air was always hot.

Is it like desert?
- There is a desert called the Serengeti.

How do they make houses?
- some are made of concrete blocks, some are made of wood and some are made of bricks.

Do they have gardens?
- some have vegetable gardens and some have a big mess.

Are there dogs in Tanzania?
- yes there are dogs but they sometimes have a terrible disease called rabies.

What are the toilets like at the school?
- they are not very nice and sometimes a bit smelly.

Do they have books?
- Not many.

- They don't have taps for their water. When it rains, they collect the rain water in drums. There is a well at the end of the village. Sometimes there are 30 - 40 women waiting in line for their turn at getting water. Sometimes they have to bike to the next village to get water.

Do they have shoes?
- sometimes.

Do they have tv?
- sometimes in the corner of their homes, sometimes in a home but not like we do.

Asante Anney, thank you for answering our questions.