Time is flying by...........

It is very busy here - working early or working late - going in for extra hours to feed babies, cuddle and play.  They never seem to get enough one-to-one time - always group time.  Some of my favourite babies are Anna, Amani, Sharlom and Charles, George, Moses, Noah, Margaret, Emmanuel, Angel and Ella and many more.  They are beautiful.  It is so sad that many mothers died giving birth to these children - hard to believe in this day and age.  Most people cannot afford medical care. 

A few of us went on a hike the other day up to Dancing Rock - a beautiful view on top of these giant boulders which Mwanza is known for - called Rock City- surrounded by enormous boulders.  It is on Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake and the second largest fresh water lake in the world.  It is the second largest city in Tanzania but feels more like a town - just two hours from the Serengeti.

Most locals rely on fishing and small scale farming for a living.  There is a strong Indian influence here with mosques and also Hindu temples as well as many Christians.  The main tribe here is the Sukuma - largest ethnic group of Tanzania.

I am enjoying the simplicity of life here, forget the hair, forget the make-up - just sunscreen and mosquito repellent - unless we go out for dinner.  Weather is great so just flip-flops and T-shirts.....We wear clothes we don't care about to the Baby Home because we get spit up on, peed on and you know the rest.  We walk everywhere unless we go into town.  In fact, a few of us are walking daily now for fitness........feels good.

There are things I don't like - living with lots of people, very little privacy, being woke up by dogs barking, roosters crowing and the call to the Mosque at 4 am.   I miss my home routine but time is going quickly and I will be back soon enough..........