COVID 19
Not everyone made this group photo. Sorry! As you likely know, there is C-19 in Tanzania and most Americans have returned home. An exception is April Trout, the Bega Kwa Bega long-term volunteer in Iringa. Her term is up in August and she has ties to southern Tanzania so she elected to stay. Here is an article of some interest perhaps: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/tanzanias-mild-response-to-covid-19-and-its-implications-for-the-2020-elections/ . If you have been to TZ, you will recognize all the issues raised in the article. I have been trying to think through some of the issues for TZ. I do not claim any inside knowledge, just some concerns below and in no particular order: · Age distribution. You know that 50% of Tanzanians are under age 5 and 75% are under age 25. There will still be deaths in this group of course, but their age-related risk population is small compared to ours. · However, nutrition is a big issue for kids u