Follow the Journey

By Overseas Educators Mike and Ellen After a cancelled flight and a special bonus night in a posh hotel (courtesy of KLM airlines), the mighty Kifaru group has finally dispersed… Read More

By Emily Rosberg We left Stone Town bright and early on December 1st to make it to Matemwe to start scubaing! We split our group in half; some of us… Read More

By Lia and Cami After taking a ferry from Dar Es Salaam, we arrived in Stone Town, Zanzibar. The blue beaches, white sand, and labyrinth alleyways immediately drew us in.… Read More

All photos from Mike S. and Ellen M., our fabulous Kifaru Overseas Educators A couple of weeks ago our intrepid Kifaru crew spent 4 days canoeing from island to island,… Read More

By Hadley Hobbs We never thought we’d actually get this far in the trip but here we are…finished with our trek! After finishing up at SNEC we transferred to Lake… Read More

By Siena and Emily Squatty When we first saw it we held our poop for days, But then we became accustomed to its natural ways. There’s no toilet paper so… Read More

By Brad and LD AKA: The Gentlemen of Kifaru On Sunday, November 5th, 2017, the world was changed forever. While at the Special Needs Education Center in Kabale, Uganda, we… Read More

By Lily Hue This week started at Mufindi Children’s Village where we continued working on the projects we started the week before. Our days were long but full of rewarding… Read More

By Siena and LD Bonjour and hello! When we stepped off the plane in Kigali, we quickly learned that in addition to Kenrwandan, two of the other national languages in… Read More

By Deborah and Siena Hello! After a short, two-hour bus ride, we made it to the Rwanda/Uganda border. For many of us, it was the first time going through immigration… Read More

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By Darby and Cami We arrived in Iringa on the 17th to the craziness of the bus park where our attention was immediately pulled in all different directions. A few… Read More

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By Deborah and Brad Greetings! We spent our last week camping at Ohana Amani, a holistic living education center outside of Njombe town, in Southwest Tanzania. At the center, we… Read More

By Hadley Hobbs Hike day to the dams with some of the children (watoto) from Mudindi. Working in the garden. Back in the beginning of the trip when we went … Read More

By Lia and Hadley Just two weeks ago, we arrived at Mufindi Children’s Village not knowing what to expect and maybe a little apprehensive about what was to come. Now… Read More

Being silly with the teachers. Socializing during our lunch break.… Read More

By Emily and Frances Dear family and friends, Mambo and hello!! We have just completed our six days of KiSwahili School at Junior Lutheran Seminary in Morogoro, Tanzania. The past… Read More

First day of Swahili lessons. Saying farewell to our gracious host, Mama Pierina. Hangin’ under a Baobab tree.… Read More

By Emily and Lia After over 24 hours of traveling, we arrived safely in Africa! It’s REALLY hot here—sunny and beautiful every day! The bugs aren’t bad and it cools… Read More