Kerri and Ryann are together now in Tanzania, Ryann having landed in the wee hours of Sunday morning, after a 36-hour journey. Kerri has been in rural Tanzania working with the Artumas Africa Foundation in various capacities, since early December, and jointly, the two will be filling their next few days working with the Entrepreneurs Business Development Program, assessing micro-loan applicants for suitability, and in Mchepa, helping the farmers’ conglomerate with individual business plans, to further increase accountability and sustainability.Kerri’s roles over past weeks have included teaching English in the schools built by Artumas in Msimbati and Mnolela (see her update below); instructing workshops for business owners seeking help in creating and updating their business plans, driving around the country-side interviewing prospective families for AAF's year-long sponsorhsip (half of the funds we have jointly collected will be used to sponsor 10 families in Mtwara in 2009), and assessing micro-loan entrepreneurs for AAF's Enterprise Development Program.
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