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Cormac’s African Diary 6th-8th July, 2010

By Shen | Published: September 12, 2010
Tuesday July 6th 2010 Stone Town – Mombasa Rob Stringer RIP Nearly a year ago on August 7th, 2009 at 12noon, I arrived back at Camara’s workshop in Dublin to be met at the door by Hester Jackman, our Volunteer Coordinator. She asked me to come up to her office where two other members of staff were waiting, and [...]
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Cormac’s African Diary July 3rd-July 5th 2010

By Shen | Published: September 8, 2010
Saturday July 3rd 2010 Arusha – Moshi The Road to Kilimanjaro Alex my taxi driver picked me up at 9am to take me on the 1600km round trip from Arusha to Moshi.  He had borrowed a more powerful and comfortable car for the occasion but soon into the trip I realised that this may not be such a good thing. [...]
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Cormac’s African Diary June 30th-July 2nd 2010

By Shen | Published: September 7, 2010
Wednesday June 30th 2010 Lusaka – Dar es Salaam Benedictine Dinner I flew early in the morning to Tanzania and was picked up at the airport by Brother Kizito, a Benedictine monk who drove me to the Irish Embassy where I met with Nigel Clarke, the Second Secretary. I wanted to make a courtesy call on Nigel and Anne [...]
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Cormac’s African Diary June 26th-June 29th 2010

By Shen | Published: September 6, 2010
CORMAC’S AFRICAN DIARY JUNE/JULY 2010 One of my main objectives in writing this diary is to give people, unfamiliar with the developing world, some sense of the realities faced by Camara in trying to deliver our educational program to schools in Africa.  Occasionally the problems we face, and that I describe in all their gory detail, might paint Africa (and [...]
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