I spent 2 weeks camping and vaccinating chickens. One week was in Monduli and the other in a village a few kilometers away. We trained 4 community vaccinators in each village by going with them for the first half of the day vaccinating chickens and having classes in the afternoons about the disease we were vaccinating against, how the vaccine works and how to properly use it, and general chicken care. My third week of camping was in the same village, working on building hafirs for water storage and training villagers on making sack gardens. Most of the teaching was done by demonstrations and physical work and walking the villagers through how to make each thing. My final week was spent manning a GSC BIA booth at the nane nane agricultural festival in Arusha.
The best thing was being able to camp in rural areas, especially Lashiane, because we were able to have first-hand experience with Maasai culture, which not many people have had. I was most immersed during my 3rd week of camping, when I was the only SA volunteer left in the country so I camped with only Tanzanians. This and my homestay provided me with the most insight into Tanzanian culture.
-from Karen G., GSC Volunteer Tanzania, Sustainable Agriculture Program
Further information about Sustainable Agriculture Program can be found at http://www.globalservicecorps.org/site/tanzania-agriculture-and-food/
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