The People of Peace House

As the previous post describes, we had an amazing experience at Peace House. What has made it so great are the people that we interacted with. Here's a picture of me with the Commerce teacher, Bernard. He and I worked together on the business plan competition. Also, I learned that he enjoys watching reruns of 'Perfect Strangers' on TV.

Here we are with our new friend Meriwether on the porch of our on-campus volunteer housing. Meriwether was the other US volunteer here at the same time as us. The three of us had a great time hanging out, and somehow Pallavi managed to get us invited to Meriweather's yet-to-be-planned wedding sometime in the future. Also, here's a picture of the three of us with Ernest, our friend and trusted driver while we were in Arusha.

Here we are with Meriweather, Amy, Gina, and Max (ex-pats who live here and work at Peace House....they made us feel VERY welcome!) at an Indian restaurant called Big Bite. There were actually two very good Indian restaurants in Arusha.....we even had paan one night!
Finally, it really was the Peace House students that made this such a terrific experience.....here are a few pictures that hopefully give you a little bit of a sense of who these kids are.