FEATURE : Villagers’ long trek for scans

Most Dar es Salaam residents are trapped in the vicious cycle of ill-health, urban-poverty and ignorance. A good testimony to this reality is the recent cholera outbreak, which was first reported in the city before it spread to other regions in the country.

Travel for pleasure is something that I rarely indulge in and the last time I went out, the experience wasn’t so lovely.

Newtown Abbey Times
Nuala and Catriona take on Tanzania trek
Newtown Abbey Times
Two Newtownabbey women took part in an African adventure recently to raise funds for local children affected by cancer. Nuala Marley and Catriona Smyth completed the gruelling Tanzanian Tribal Trek in support of the Cancer Fund for Children.

East African Business Week
Tanzania drums up local tourism with trek
East African Business Week
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – The Uhuru Expedition, which has become a yearly event to mark and celebrate Tanzania's Independence anniversary this year had an additional message other than promotion of domestic tourism. Cleanliness, protection and ...

Mt Kilimanjaro trek will be a late honeymoon for newly-wed Frome couple!
Frome Times
A FROME couple are putting the finishing touches to their training programme in readiness for a fundraising hike up Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania which doubles up as their honeymoon! Charlotte Smith and her husband David, who married in July last year, had ...

'Star Trek: Voyager' gets an unofficial 4K remaster thanks to AI  Engadget

>Mtombozi village residents have asked the government to supply their dispensary with electricity in an effort to improve delivery of health services in rural areas.

Kilimanjaro trek will raise funds to build orphanage
The Press, York
A GRUELLING trek up Mount Kilimanjaro is being organised by a York man to raise £200,000 for the construction of an orphanage in Tanzania. Travis Young, 39, is gathering a team of climbers to tackle the mountain in January 2016 and will use donations to ...

Daily Mail
Students Heading Off On Charity Trek Left At Airport As Travel Firm Goes Bust
Huffington Post UK
A group of students participating in a charity trek were about to check in for their flight to Tanzania when they received an email from their travel firm saying the company had gone bust. Around 40 Nottingham University students were left stranded at Gatwick ...
UoN Students Heading for Mount Kilimanjaro Left Stranded at Gatwick after ...Impact Magazine
Thousands of pounds in donations in...