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criddell • today at 3:31 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

What an inspiring story!

How did you end up in Ibumila? Do you ever go back there?

You ask how much can a village change. Are you trying to document that in any way?


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lukehandcool • today at 3:41 PM

Thank you very much. When I was 19 I was convinced that my understanding of the world was wrong so I decided to travel to East Africa to see some of it for myself. Tanzania is a relatively safe place to travel and I wanted to learn swahili.

A friend of a friend of my parents heard that I was going and asked me to check up on a orphanage they were funding in the Njombe region. That's how I ended up in such a remote place. I helped work on the orphanage and spent time getting to know the village. That's where I met Anwarite.

I go back every few years to check up on things. It's quite the journey to get there.

I haven't though of documenting actual data points about this yet. I think that's a good idea. Any ideas on where to start?

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