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2010 elections back from home leave

Now we're back for a week in Lugala. For the return journey we had probably chosen the right day when we see that Germany is sinking in the snow, roads blocked and airports closed. At least, the news on the Internet.

With our luggage we had exhausted the 40 kg for each almost the whole case took 72 kg on the scale, primarily because of the tools, surgical materials and equipment for the hospital. For our purely private things probably would have been enough to hand luggage. The interested in. Fortunately, not all the luggage. The saw blades, because we had to unpack the suitcase on the flight home went smoothly this time in Berlin by the control. worked with the circular saw blades our carpenter for 20 years. Finally, was hardly an ordinary cutting is possible and so we brought the blades for sharpening. Mr. Steikert of the CNC - Tool grinding Steikert in Göllingen she has kindly sharpened free of charge for us.

Kuandika, our driver picked us up at the airport on Wednesday afternoon and then began already equal to the stress. Since Independence Day on Thursday, and thus national holiday, was all purchases had done just after our arrival will be, so drugs at two different wholesalers Kuandika had a list of spare parts for vehicles, of which he still before our arrival nicht alle besorgen konnte und natürlich auch diverse Lebensmittel und andere notwendige Dinge für die nächsten Wochen (wie Nudeln, Butter, Olivenöl, Kaffe, Waschpulver....), auch für den Arzt Peter Hellmold, der uns seine Einkaufsliste geschickt hatte. Das alles nach einem Temperatursprung von 40° nach einer fast schlaflosen Nacht im Flugzeug. Es war ganz schön anstrengend und wir sind abends todmüde ins Bett gefallen.

In Dar es Salaam gab es noch eine sehr schöne Aufgabe zu erledigen, wir haben Spendengeld aus Deutschland umgesetzt. Am letzten Tag zu Hause erreichte uns eine E-Mail von Peter Hellmold, wir sollten bitte in Dar ein Lichtmikroskop für unser Labor kaufen, er hatte es in a laboratory equipment ordered by phone. Our old microscope has withdrawn permanently and become unusable. This microscope is designed for daily observations but absolutely necessary (especially for malaria and stool tests, as most patients, mainly children verwurmt,). The microscope cost 2 million Tan.Schilling, about 1000 €. So we have the generous donation of the architects Utta Enderlein with the proceeds from stamp sales to the Friends of the stamp collectors Harri Bechtel and postcards from my father, and Ebay auctions professionals increased, and it paid for the microscope. Our laboratory manager, Mr. Kaberege, it has delighted in Empang and put into operation immediately.

Mr. Kaberege and Mama Chogo went with a new microscope

On Thursday, then a jerk as far as Lugala, 13 hour drive. After the first rains, the road from Ifakara was partially eroded very. We were lucky that no truck is stuck on the track and, like the day before blocking the road. Thus, there are difficulties here as there, with us it's the mud, the snow in Germany.

Here we were received by then equal to the usual hospital everyday life with all its (financial) trouble. We have been welcomed, the us of course happy.
Revenue in recent months after the harvest well, but it is still the problem with the totally inadequate salaries increased. Even before we left for Germany, there were countless meetings and had in fact agreed on a compromise, but was not implemented with the salary payment in late November ....

be here by and by the ripe mangoes. We have already eaten plenty, it's really a pleasure. Instead of mulled wine at the end tastes mango juice with a shot ...
We now feel comfortable temperatures about 30 degrees, it is not quite as pungent as hot as in front of our departure, but this quite humid. However, the expected rain in recent days failed to materialize, there 'is always brewing up a few clouds, but it is not a drop.

I come with the air fares well, Peter, it may well prefer a little colder. The short-lived severe winter in Germany has been enough to me completely.

B.

Can You Use A Magic Eraser On A Baby

heat and fire

about the incredible heat now in the "African winter," I've been whining-it makes us to fully build especially me. Beate does so quite well. To about 9 clock in the morning it goes. Then it gets hot and hotter, against 14 clock you can no longer be in the sun. The floor literally glows and all the air is hot. The earth is rock hard, everything is dried up and groundwater has fallen far. If we go with the wheels are late afternoon and then it's still hot enough, the earth is everywhere broken, no puddle or mud hole is visible. There is dust, dust and dust again. We protect ourselves a little by leaving Charles as the first morning sprinkle the street in front of our house with some water. But people in the villages, they almost always live in the dirt: either round mud or dust. If you still consider that they are going long distances to a bucket or Kanister einigermaßen sauberes Wasser nach Hause zu schleppen und das reicht dann gerade zum Essen kochen und Trinken- dann kann man sich ausrechnen, wieviel zum Waschen bleibt. Auch im Hospital wird das Wasser langsam knapp. Der Wasserspiegel ist so stark abgesunken, dass es gegen Mittag kein Wasser mehr gibt- es konnte einfach nicht genug Wasser in die Versorgungstanks gepumpt werden. Und beim Wasserholen an der Pumpe muss man schon einmal 5 Minuten warten, bis wieder genug Wasser für zwei Eimer nachgelaufen ist. Erst mit dem abendlichen Einschalten des Generators springt die Pumpe an und versorgt uns auch im Haus wieder mit Wasser.

Bei dieser Trockenheit ist es verblüffend, wenn gerade jetzt Bäume begin to flower and fruit is ripe. The flame trees (Delonix regia) are beginning to bloom, and another, pink flowering tree as well (name will be replenished), and the fragrant Franchipanibäume are all over full of flowers. The mangoes are getting bigger, lemons grow even with us in the garden and papayas have been around for months. The latter are so fresh from the tree really is a pleasure and with the fruit in the fruit section of supermarkets in Germany can not compare-we must also have an advantage.

As if the heat were not enough-around is now an almost daily basis, the dry grass burned in der vergangenen Woche hat es unseren compound betroffen. Plötzlich waren am Nachmittag ringsum meterhohe Flammen und mein erster Gedanke war unser Diesellager. Im vergangenen Jahr wäre es bei dieser Gelegenheit beinahe in die Luft geflogen und es hatte wohl einiger Anstrengungen bedurft, um eine Katastrophe zu verhindern.

Auf Feuerwacht mit Tischler und Feuermeister Mr. Lyabonga

In diesem Jahr hatte ich vorsorglich einen Sicherheitsstreifen hauen lassen und es war richtig schön zu sehen, wie die Feuerwand bis zu diesem Streifen vorrückte, das Feuer nur noch weiterglimmte und could be knocked out easily. Around our house or garden, it burned too brightly, it was pretty dramatic, but not necessarily dangerous, it has felt like Beatrice, was at the property line circuit.

At the garden "fence" was thankfully final

A few tragic moments, there was yet, in our garden had been living for a few days, a mother cat with her three small kitten. Although they were shy, but it was always quite entertaining to watch them at play. The boys were looking for a hiding place and then left the fire on them. This was `s then.

is in the vicinity of the garden an old, tall tree had taken root in the half-way up a swarm of wild bees. The wax is melted and of course the tree was burning and burning-in was deleted (8-10 meters high!) Of the question. During the night, the upper part of the tree crashed into our garden. Nothing happened, Beate has brought a sleepless night, Emma and Charles have the next morning got the big pile of firewood. Close by was another tree stump is another bee's nest. We had always wondered where the mango flower during the humming all around us came the swarm of bees could not find it. Now burned the stump a couple of days pretty bad at the honey. I say quite deliberately, because I've never eaten such as aromatic honey here in Africa, there is another advantage for us. The best comes from Taveta, here very close and almost as good from Tabora. But that is far away-a trip to Tabora would take longer than a flight to Germany. But even at these distances we have become accustomed, even the fact is that at some point and somehow this honey from Tabora to Dar and you can buy it somewhere in a booth. You have to find the booth only.

P.

Guy Cruiser North East

Tanzania in three weeks

Three weeks ago, I shared with Vera guest of Beate and Peter. Now I get the honor to a guest post on this blog Tanzania Adventure. My attempt to write
a structured story about the time in Tanzania, will not succeed me. Perhaps because Tanzania has no reasonable structure, maybe, because I lack the practice. Determines the latter. Therefore, the apparent arbitrariness in the following.

Habari ... (greetings)

We fail with our constant desire to accelerate in Tanzania already in the mutual greeting. For me it was a simple question for directions to the station. Irritated with Unverständnis im Blick und sehr zögerlich bekam ich mit einer Geste den Weg gewiesen. Was hatte ich falsch gemacht? In Tansania begrüßt man sich ausführlich!
Nach einer einführenden Frage nach dem Befinden, welche immer positiv beantwortet wird, kommt es zur obligatorischen gleichlautenden Gegenfrage. Diese wird – wie überraschend – natürlich ebenfalls positiv beantwortet. Dann kommen die Fragen nach Familie, Arbeit, Acker usw. Wenn dieser Dialog nach gefühlten fünf Minuten beendet ist, kommt man zum eigentlichen Thema. Das passiert uns u.a. bei einer Polizeikontrolle. Nach dem klassischen einführenden Palaver (übrigens eines der Worte aus dem Swahili, welches den Weg ins Deutsche gefunden ) has introduced the policeman firmly with great kindness, that our insurance had expired. After 5 € for his private and 10 € for the insurance we could continue.
What I could answer no one, how it works here with the emergency? At which point I would say that my house is burning?

clothing donations

So far, I thought this collection containers for meaningful Einrichtungen.Bisher!
The result of our clothing collections are auctions on various markets. Since about 5 men standing in the back and offer the land below, according to people screaming at each other through the garments. The winning bidder bekommt dann das Kleidungsstück zugeworfen und weitere, zum Auktionsteam gehörende Männer, kassieren das Geld sofort ein. Wenige Meter von dieser Auktion sitzen die Verkäufer und Verkäuferinnen ohne Kunden vor ihren Geschäften. Ebenfalls daneben sitzen Näherinnen mit ihren Singer-Nähmaschinen und warten vergeblich auf Kundschaft. Mit unseren „Spenden“ aus Europa und Amerika können nicht einmal die geringen tansanischen Lohnkosten konkurrieren.
Wir Europäer zerstören auf diesem Weg die Möglichkeit zum Aufbau einer Eigenversorgung und damit den Weg zur Selbstständigkeit. Die Abhängigkeit von Europa und Amerika – die wir zu jeder Gelegenheit beklagen - zementieren wir einfach.

Controlled cultivation

Once we can "teak furniture organically grown" and now with the appropriate approval in Germany and believe we have made also a Beirag with industry in Africa, in Tanzania you get a wonderful insight into the importance of this achievement.
Controlled cultivation means controlled logging of old appliances. Control begins with a slash and burn. After every last animal that could not escape in time, this has found its controlled end to be set with almost German sense of order at a distance of 1.80 meters, the teak trees. The forest is thus created to see that here Not much will settle. But the clean lines of this monoculture is seen that the only thing that will make even more progress here, the soil erosion.

Sauber! or say how the Tanzanians, "Safi" would.

aid to Africa

flow for many years, millions of funds to Tanzania. Germany alone has since 1962 a total of 1.6 billion EURO (€ 1,600,000,000.00) referred to development aid. For the years 2009 to 2011 is also about 50 million euros have been promised development assistance per year. This year, come back about 10 million euro budget support.

In two years anniversary! 50 years of development aid to a country in which the development assistance accounts for about 40% of the state budget. Although the country is stable from our perspective is, there seems to aid the regular dose of sedative to be.

Sure I miss this background! But it does not seem to work - that of development aid. After 50 years, perhaps a means should be reconsidered.

The dead mother and the toilet

Lugala died in hospital in a young woman. Devastating part is that the pregnant woman and her unborn child died because no vehicle was available to them in time to the hospital to bringen. Sie hatte seit dem Vorabend auf ein Fahrzeug gewartet. Wenige Minuten nach ihrem Eintreffen im Krankenhaus starb sie. Ursache war eine Uterusruptur. Bei der Einlieferung befand sie sich im haemorhagischen Schock. Sie hinterlässt drei kleine Kinder.

Am gleichen Morgen, kurz nach dem Tod der Frau, fuhren im Krankenhaus zwei Wagen ein. Eine Delegation des Distrikts, politische Vertreter der Division, Parteivorsitzende, der Hygienebeauftragte des Distrikts und die Polizei. Diese Delegation hatte ein gravierendes Problem zu lösen.
Eine Woche vorher wurden im Gästehaus des Krankenhauses „Staatsgäste“ beherbergt. Diese Gäste mussten tatsächlich, während sie auf der Toilette des Gästehauses saßen, see on a wall painted with oil paint. Just a Tanzanian state visitor has to look right on a 1.50 m high tiled wall while sitting on the toilet. In the afternoon there were two state carriages, to vote this time around the construction of two outdoor toilets.

priorities?

conclusion

Whatever is in this post, Tanzania is a beautiful country. The soil is fertile, the wildlife is abundant and people are generally friendly and kind.

Hi Beate, Hi Peter, thank you
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Uwe