Even in that case, here in Dar es Salaam water is often just a phone call away. You see a lot of big blue water trucks driving around which fill up the tanks that most people have at their house. On the country side however obtaining water is a completely different story….
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First name:
Wijnand
Last name:
Peterse
Biography:
I was born on the 22nd of august, 1986. I spent my youth in Gouda, a city in the 'green heart' of the 'Randstad' with my parents and two older sisters . After I graduated from high-school I ended up at the University of Groningen studying International Economics and Business (IE&B).
After three years in groningen I was able to finally go abroad! I chose to study at the Copenhagen Business School for one semester. This international experience was fantastic and I immediately knew I wanted to go abroad more and longer. After completing my bachelor's degree I was selected to go to Argentina for 10 weeks, doing market research for a dutch firm. After five weeks of research in Buenos Aires I went on to travel for another five weeks through Argentina, Bolivia and finally Peru. On this trip I was confronted with real poverty for the first time and it left quite an impression on me.
Back in Groningen it was time to really complete my studies. Last August I finished my master's degree IE&B. So now it is time to do something useful with what I've learned over the past years and I think the TNT Global Experience Programme is the perfect way to do so!
I am posted as a programme intern at the WFP office in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and I wil use this blog to share with you my observations and experiences during the coming six months.
History
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Latest blog items
School Feeding vs. Voodoo
29 December 2010
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Keeping these things in mind it might not very surprising that the enrolment rates of Tanzanian primary schools are quite low (often around 60 %). Luckily, WFP has a school feeding program which provides two school meals per day to every student.
Food, Water, Education
24 November 2010
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Besides reducing hunger temporarily by providing food for the work performed, it should also be so that the projects reduce hunger and malnutrition in a more structural way. So, after deciding what regions will be targeted, WFP cooperates with the local authorities and partners to find out what the most pressing problems are. This simply means going to the villages to meet with the village heads and asking them what the largest problem in their community is. As you might expect we’re not talking about dog-poop on sidewalks or groups of youngsters spraying graffiti.
Political Trouble in Tanzania
10 November 2010
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Sunday October 31st the presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Tanzania. President Jakaya Kikwete of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) or ‘Revolutionary party’ ran for his second five year term. His biggest contender and former CCM member was Willibrord Slaa the Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema).
