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 Well, you can’t work every day!

Life in Tanzania is certainly a adjustment for us all. It is hot, common amenities that we find at home don’t exist here, groceries are different, and our […]

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  •  Well, you can’t work every day!

     Well, you can’t work every day!

    Life in Tanzania is certainly a adjustment for us all. It is hot, common amenities that we find at home don’t exist here, groceries are different, and our […]

  • Take a tour of our home

    Take a tour of our home

    It’s always fun to try something new and today we wanted to show off our home away from home in Tanzania. Thanks to some hard work from KCMC […]

  •  Battling the hordes of barbarians

    Friday afternoon arrived and I journeyed home from the hospital. Dr. Ani and Dr. Patt were in the operating room working on a posterior spine fusion. Dr. Josef […]

  •  Fixing hips and rubbing elbows

     Fixing hips and rubbing elbows

    As we approach the end of week two, joint camp has finished up, and we are back in the operating room. In general, we have all found our […]

  • How does it all fit?

    How does it all fit?

    Week two is upon us as we shift from new arrival to a more comfortable daily routine. Dr. Ani and Josef certainly have begun to recognize the recurrent […]

  • Week One winding down

    It is actually amazing that our first week is coming to a close. The morning started early for Dr Ani and Josef. A hand injury came in the […]

  • A Tale of Two Days

    A Tale of Two Days

    Day one with the full first shift team began at a typical 730 morning report. Usually, morning report can be a very long experience of presentations from medical […]

  • The beginning of the next chapter

    The beginning of the next chapter

    We have touched down in Moshi! Jennifer and I, thankfully, had an uneventful and on time flight. We arrived into Moshi, and we met by our driver after […]