Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Change Is Risky and Rewarding

A heartening story is circulating the globe. David Conrad from Reuters is reporting about a Tanzanian girl who left her country seven years ago for something better -- education. The story is compelling. "At 12, brown-eyed Neema Laizer persuaded her elementary school teacher to accept one liter of milk each morning instead of money because her father refused ..." more

Friday, January 25, 2008

ECONOMY-TANZANIA: Not Enough Money or Not Enough Opportunities?

Sarah McGregor reporting from Inter Press Service News Agency in DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 25 (IPS) - Almost a decade on, Tanzania's tiny stock exchange is still working hard to convince skeptical businesses it ... more

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Situation Reports: Tanzania Floods - Jan 2008, DREF operation no. MDRTZ006

GLIDE no. FL-2008-000011-TZA: CHF 88,353 (USD 81,012 or EUR 55,648) has been allocated from the Federation’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Tanzania Red Cross National Society (TNRCS) in assisting some 7,500 affected people in Tanzania floods.

Monday, January 14, 2008

Canadian librarian off to Tanzania for horticulture project

Patty Mintz reports in NovaNews that Canadian Jerry Miner, an agriculture research librarian is spending a year in Arusha, Tanzania with the World Horticulture Initiative (GHI) as a Webmaster and Communication Officer. Mr. Miner has been in the field for 27 years and signed a one year contract with GHI. Read more at >> http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-...