Having been here a couple of weeks now, I must say I feel well intergrated into life here at Waamuzi school. I love my students. I must say they have very demanding days that can challenge that of any B.A student! The school have implemented a new English programme, which should work out to be pretty effective giving thestudents a chance to practice their English as well as public speaking.

I willl be helping them as much as i can as quite a few of them ( mainly the girls) speak barely any English!The first of the English presentation was by Nasra (17) who chose to talk about her tribe 'Haya' mainly hailing from Burundi, Lake Victoria and Uganda.

With the help of my Lonely Planet book featuring abit about my various Tanzanian tribes, it was a walk in the park....or so I thought.

Nasra asked one of the other students to help her do a 'Haya' dance but he refused as he was from the South African Ngozi tribe. Although I persuaded him it does not matter, he didnt want to and was probably more concerned with having to dance in front of the class.

The English presentation of Nasra's tribe then fuelled into a debate of as one girl challenged her by asking her 'why do people from Haya practice prostitution when they are so well educated?' O.k .....I wasn't that prepared for this part.....Guess thats what I get for asking any questions!

I was then asked by one of my students Michael what tribe I came from....'errrmmm...sorry Mike , don't have a clue'!