Football (24-2-23)
I arrived at the head start school at around 1:30 pm and with excitement levels already high about going to play football, my arrival...
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Niall Houlihan Photography
- Feb 23
First Day in Mathare (21-2-23)
Today I got to visit Mathare valley for the first time and learn more about the projects I will be working with. We started off at the...
- Feb 19
First Day in Nairobi (18-2-23)
My first day in Nairobi was a busy one. After a somewhat relaxed morning of editing photos and food shopping, we headed to the live...
- Feb 18
Last day in Tanzania (16-2-23)
My final day in Tanzania was spent in relative boredom, I had not intended to be stuck in Moshi for as long as I was and as Moshi is a...
- Feb 16
An unexpected day in Moshi (15-2-23)
My plan to go to Nairobi today was unsuccessful as my kenyan visa wasn't quite sorted in time. As a result I was left with an unexpected...
- Feb 13
Last week Catch up (13-2-23)
I have spent the last week at Mvumi secondary school generally photographing and getting involved a bit in school life. There is not too...
- Feb 6
Form One Initiation Ceremony (4-2-23)
Today was the day of the much anticipated form one initiation ceremony at Mvumi school. 7 hours of non stop singing, dancing and......
- Jan 29
Rock Art (29-1-23)
Today we took a trip to see the rock art in Kondoa. While rock art isn't usually my thing, this being Africa it turned into a bit of an...
- Jan 29
Dodoma, again (28-1-23)
After a night in Mvumi I headed back to Dodoma again to do some photos at a couple of schools before going back to Mvumi for good on...
- Jan 29
Mvumi (27-1-23)
Checked out of the hotel at about 11am after visiting what could've been the worst supermarket in the world, it's contents consisted of...
- Jan 28
Meetings, interviews and more meetings (24/25/26-1-2023)
The last few days have been spent in endless meeting with the Bishop, architect, education secretary, etc over the establishment of the...
- Jan 23
Fast Internet (23-1-23)
Having finally got connection to fast internet, I had a bit of a catching up day working on website updates and instagram posts.
- Jan 22
The Last Big Bus Journey, For Now (22-1-23)
One final long bus journey from Njombe to Dodoma today. Fairly uneventful and although we saw many buses stuck in the mud from the recent...
- Jan 22
Over to Njombe (21-1-23)
Another travel day, this time a 3am start to catch the 4am bus to Mbeya, followed by another bus to Njombe. All in all the trip took...
- Jan 22
Another day in Busokelo (20-1-23)
Today went much like yesterday, I spent the day at the hospital and at 3:30 rode home on the back of John's Boda-Boda. Upon arriving...
- Jan 22
Green City (19-1-23)
We wake up at 6am and after a quick shower (warm water from a bucket) set off on the back of John's Boda-Boda to the local district...
- Jan 22
Over to Busokelo (18-1-23)
After a Nice breakfast and a lesson in Swahili from a friendly, non English speaking tuk-tuk driver, I was able to locate the bus that...
- Jan 22
A (long) introduction to East African bus Journeys (17-1-23)
Another travel day today. This time a 17 hour bus trip down to Mbeya from Dar Es Salaam. After a 5:15 AM start we found ourselves running...
- Jan 22
Back to Dar (16-1-23)
Not too much to talk about today, took the ferry back to Dar Es Salaam from Zanzibar, somehow managed to lose my hat along the way, my...
- Jan 15
Exploring Zanzibar (15-1-23)
Today I hired a scooter to explore a bit more of Zanzibar. My spanish roommate and I rode to the other side of the island to a place...
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