Some sobering facts

Tanzania is in the bottom ten percent of the world's economies in terms of per capita income.

In Tanzania there are about 1.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS, more than 6% of the country's population. In 2007, 1.2 million Tanzanian children were orphaned due to AIDS.

In contrast with the U.S.:






Sources: CIA World Factbook and AVERT

There is a really awesome thing I've been told about called the Tumbu Fly or Putzi. This little critter likes to lay its eggs in damp places (for example, your wet clothes drying on the clothesline), and the eggs hatch when they come into contact with human skin. The larvae then burrow into your skin and develop into fully grown maggots. Doesn't that sound delightful?! To kill the eggs from your 'clean' laundry you have to iron everything, including underwear, or risk becoming a Putzi host. Can't wait!