Tanzania Photos

Mkoani Tree Planting 2010
On March 18th 2010 Community Forests Pemba, the NGO I helped to found, came to Mkoani to plant trees around both Uweleni Secondary School and Ng'ombeni Primary School in order to help prevent erosion around both campuses. We planted cinnamon seedlings, lychee seedlings, and mtondoo (a hardwood native to Pemba) seedlings. By the end of the day we planted over 100 trees around the campuses.

Misali Island with the CFI Gang 2010
Another trip to Misali, but this time is with Daimen, Estelle and Zach, who are all CFI founders.

Form 4 Visits X-ray Lab 2010
Form 4 students visit the x-ray lab at the local hospital after learning about x-ray applications.

Periscope Build 2010
Students of form 2 build a simple periscope using mirrors, and a toilet paper tube.

Parabolic Solar Cooker Build 2010
Form 4 students built a parabolic solar cooker for their final physics project.

Basketball Team at Vumawimbi 2010
Our girls and guys basketball teams go to Vumawimbi Beach for a little R&R.

Inauguration of the Basketball Court 2010
The official inauguration of our Basketball Court. It was inaugurated by the first Lady of Zanzibar, Mama Shadya Karume. The Country Director of Peace Corps was also present and gave a speech to the crowd.

Pendulum Experiment 2010
Students perform an experiment to find the acceleration of gravity using a simple pendulum.

Misali Island 2010
Photos from another Misali Island trip.

Environmental Education at Shumba 2010
Community Forests Pemba travels to Shumba Secondary School to provide environmental education for form 3 and 4 students.

Form 6 Graduation 2010
Photos from the form 6 graduation ceremony.

Basketball Court Construction 2009-10
Photos from the construction of Mkoani's basketball court built with money we raise from back home in the states. The construction spans July to March.

Laptops for Uweleni 2009
The company my father works for, VPSI, generously donated two laptops for my school.

Physical vs Chemical Change 2009
Students of the Science Club investigate the differences between physical and chemical changes.

4th of July 2009
Students of the Science Club investigate the differences between physical and chemical changes.

Tupendane Club Performs at Africa Children's Day 2009
Tupendane Club performs at Africa Children's Day on June 16, 2009 at Gombani Stadium in Chake Chake.

Motor Build 2009
Students of the Science Club build mini motors out of wire, paperclips, tape and a battery.

Uweleni Debates Shamiani
Uweleni Secondary School invites Shamiani Secondary School for a debate between students.

Uweleni Tree Planting 2009
Community Forests Pemba travels to Uweleni Secondary School to help plant trees around the school campus.

Kikunguni Tree Planting 2009
Community Forests Pemba travels to Kikunguni to help plant a community forest.

Tupendane Club at Vumawimbi 2009
Tupendane Children's Club, a club for orphans and vulnerable children, travels to Vumawimbi beach for a day of rest and relaxation.

Form 6 Graduation 2009
Photos from the form 6 graduation ceremony.

Sauti za Busara 2009
Photos from Zanzibar's annual music festival, Sauti za Busara, which means Sounds of Wisdom in Swahili.

My Visit Statside 2008-9
Photos from my visit back home to the US. The photos are from November to January, and they cover San Diego, San Francisco and LA.

My Mom Visits 2008
Photos from my Mom's visit in November 2008. We hung out in my community, we went to Misali Island, and we went to Stonetown, Zanzibar's most famous city.

Mount Kilimanjaro 2008
In October 2008 I took 6 students from my school to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain. We met up with three other schools and climbed it together. These are our photos.

Idd-el-Fitri 2008
Photos of the locals dressed up for Idd-el-Fitri, the celebration ending their month of fasting.

Quran Competition 2008
Photos from the local 2008 Quran recitation competition between the local youth.

Teaching Diving Skills 2008
After learning about a Pemban becoming paralyzed from the waist down after scuba diving, I decided to travel to that island to teach all of the divers about the hazards and safety precautions of scuba diving. None of them had ever learned about these issues before I went to visit them on Makoongwe Island.

Close-of-Service Conference 2008
Photos from our Peace Corps close-of-service conference at a lodge at the base of Mount Meru in the Kilimanjaro region. Interestingly enough, the lodge we stayed at was also featured in the John Wayne film Hatari!

Form 2 Geography Trip 2008
Form 2 students travel to various sites around Pemba to learn about the local geography.

HIV AIDS Workshops 2008
My buddy Don and I presented a 5-day HIV/AIDS workshop for members of my community.

Pemba from the Air
Aerial shots of Pemba. For whatever reason, electronic equipment can remain on during flights between Pemba and the mainland... I'm still not sure if that's a good thing or not.

Muyuni 2008
Photos from my buddy Dylan's school, Muyuni, located on Pemba's sister island, Unguja.

Pemba Cup 2008
My students compete in the Pemba Cup, a Pemba-wide sports competition for the youth.

Fema Club Skit 2008
The Fema Club performs a skit to educate fellow students about the troubles they face as young adults.

Wind Generator Build 2008
Form 4 students built a wind-powered generator for their end-of-year project.

Basketball 2008
Photos from some of our basketball games during all of 2008.

Form 6 Graduation 2008
Photos from the Form 6 graduation 2008.

Moment Experiment 2008
Form II students investigate the Principal of Moments through experimentation on 21 Feb 2008.

Friends
Photos of various friends from here in Tanzania.

Cloves
Various photos of one of Pemba's biggest exports... cloves!

Turkey Day in Zanzibar 2007
Photos from my trip to a beach resort in Zanzibar for Thanksgiving Day. We ate lots of delicious sea food instead of your typical turkey.

Diving for Clams 2007
I went diving for clams with the guard of my school. We brought in over 100 lbs of clams between the two of us, but the sun got the better of me. I left that day as red as a tomato.

Quran Competition 2007
Photos from the 2007 Quran recitation competition between the local children.

Garden 2007
Photos of my beautiful vegetable garden in 2007.

Sea Turtles 2007
A friend of a friend had captured a few sea turtles and kept them. We went out to visit them before the government got word and released all of the turtles back into the sea.

Form 2 History and Geography Trip 2007
Photos from the Form 2 student trip to various history and geographical sites around Pemba.

Computer Build 2007
Photos of the computer I built with Teacher Ali and some form 6 students.

Swahili Divers
Photos from my many trips to Swahili Divers beach resort.

Computer Room Inauguration 2007
The inauguration of my school's computer room in July by the President of Zanzibar, Amani Abeid Karume.

Ras Kiyuyu Beach 2007
Photos from Ras Kiuyu Beach located in the northeast of Pemba. It is a very beautiful and very remote beach.

Kwata Island 2007
Photos from my trip to Kwata Island with students. Kwata is a tiny island located about 5km off the coast of my town.

Vumawimbi 2007
Photos from my first trip to Vumawimbi Beach in the north of Pemba. Vumawimbi is a 6km stretch of a pure, white-sand beach.

Misali Island 2007
Photos from Misali Island, the only conserved island off the coast of Pemba. Be warned, it's beautiful.

Wingwi Secondary School Visit 2007
Photos from the student government visit to Wingwi Secondary School.

Amani Nature Reserve 2007
Photos from my trip to Amani Nature Reserve in the Usambara Mountains near the northeast coast of Tanzania. I travelled there with Jenny, Geoff and Greg, who were all volunteers at the time.

In-Service Training 2007
Photos from our in-service training during June in Iringa.

The Computer Room
Various photos from Uweleni's computer room.

Basketball 2007
Photos from various basketball matches and practices throughout 2007.

PEPFAR Conference 2007
Photos from the Peace Corps sponsored Pepfar (President's Emergency Plan For Aids Relief) conference held in Dar es Salaam during May. Many of the photos are from a local orphanage where Peace Corps was helping to setup permaculture gardens.

Form 6 Graduation 2007
Photos from the form 6 graduation ceremony.

Karibooze Gatherings 2007
Photos from our monthly shindigs at Jeff and Cara's place. Karibooze is a play on Karibu, which means welcome in Swahili. Featured in these photos are Jeff, Cara, Chris, Don and myself.

Pemba 2006-7
Random photos from Pemba Island from December 2006 to December 2007.

Placement and Thanksgiving Day 2006
Photos from my placement announcement, when I found out that I'd be going to Pemba, and from the Ambassador's house Thanksgiving Day in Dar es Salaam.

Shadowing 2006
Photos from my time shadowing another Peace Corps Volunteer. I travelled to Lushoto, located in the northeast of Tanzania during the end of November to visit a PCV teacher. Lushoto is truly a beautiful area.

Pre-Service Training 2006
Photos from my time in Morogoro, Tanzania during my Pre-Service Training for the United States Peace Corps. I spent 10 weeks from September to November in Morogoro learning Swahili, Tanzanian culture, and teaching skills.

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Other Photos

Motorcycle Roadtrip 2005
Photos from my motorcycle roadtrip with my Pops during July 2005. The trip spanned 2 weeks, 9 states and 11 US National Parks. At the time it was all about being on the road...

Hawaii 2005
Photos from my trip to Hawaii with my family during June of 2005.

Iowa 2005
Photos from my time working on a family friend's hog, corn and soybean farm in northwest Iowa. I worked on this farm between March and June 2005.

Antarctica 2004-5
Photos from my second expedition to Antarctica. The expedition began in October 2004 and ended in February 2005. This expedition was an aerogeophysical survey with the University of Texas, Austin. We were using ice-penetrating radar to map the volume of Thwaites Glacier and Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica.

New Zealand 2004
Photos from my travels around the north island of New Zealand. This two week trip capped off my summer internship aboard the Nathanial B. Palmer.

Sailing the Indian Ocean 2004
Photos from my internship aboard the Nathanial B. Palmer. We sailed from Capetown, South Africa to Auckland, New Zealand in 36 days. The cruise began in July and ended in August.

South Africa 2004
Photos from the start of my internship in South Africa aboard the Nathanial B. Palmer in July 2004.

London 2004
Photos from my one day layover in London while flying out to South Africa to start my internship aboard the Nathanial B. Palmer in the summer of 2004.

New Zealand 2003-4
Photos from my time in New Zealand on the way to and from my first expedition in Antarctica.

Antarctica 2004
Photos from my first expedition to Antarctica at the beginning of 2004. I was an undergraduate studying geophysics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This marine geophysical survay spanned 2 weeks during which we sailed in the Ross Sea aboard the Nathanial B. Palmer Icebreaking Research Ship mapping out sedimentary layers in order to better date tectonic events which formed Antarctica as we know it today.