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Hamjambo!

Hi. I am really sorry I didn't renew the page.

Then what have I done until now??? The JICA office gave us several lectures such as security, traffic, health and so on. We even visited the hospitals we may use in Dar-es-Salaam. Though we cannot see so many good hospitals, the hospital we visited are very equipped. I can say one of the hospitals is bigger than the hospital in my local city in Japan.

Also, we had a language training. We had very intensive Swahili training again here in Tanzania. Then, in the middle of the training, each of us visited our working place and met our colleagues. I visited the Department of Education in Temeke region in Dar-es-Salaam. I am excited to start working there, though I am concerned about my language ability as well.

Last week, I also visited another senior JOCV menber in Dodoma, which is actually the capital city of Tanzania. Dodoma is located in the almost central of Tanzania. It took about 7 hours by bus. Since the road from Dar. to Dodoma is quite good, the travel was really comfortable.

The senior volunter works in the Department of Education in Dodoma. Elementary schools in Dodoma are now promoting educational program for AIDS. She visits schools and supervise how the program is going on. At the office, I was shocked to hear that more than 10 girls of elementary schools were pregnant last year. However, the number has dicreased since the program was introduced.

I may have to come across the similar issues after I started working in Temeke. Two weeks later, my work will start.

Tutaonana tena.