Here are a couple of photos of children from this past week. Happy faces like this are everywhere in Longido.

Work on the Guest House continues and has progressed even more since the photos below were taken a few days ago. I am expecting to see roof trusses being built any day now.

Nai continues to visit the work site morning and night to be sure everything is unfolding as planned. All the men have a real respect for her expertise.

She will often get her hands dirty with them.

Nai had some of the villagers dig the water line to the site, some 230 meters. The pipeline should be laid very soon.

The hole for the septic tank has been dug.

Most of the news from the village is about Sandra Hession, from Ottawa, and her daughter, Katie, from Toronto. Sandra turns 60 this month and Katie turns 30 on the same day. They decided they wanted to mark this celebration by participating in a project that would help make life better for other people. We were delighted when they asked Project TEMBO if they could volunteer in Longido for 10 days.

Katie is a teacher by profession but found herself giving hands-on workshops to the Longido beadmakers. She brought and donated many useful tools, beads and wires that will greatly improve the quality of jewelry the women produce.

Here is an earring sample worn by Mama Ola.

Sandra spent her time teaching English to willing students who were eager to learn new words and practice through conversation.

Paul Hession came for two days to meet the villagers and see what his family was doing. Paul went to work right away replacing screens in the LOOCIP rest house, where we currently stay.

Faraja, pictured here with Mary from TEMBO, spent the 10 days with Katie and Sandra acting as guide, translator, and even jewelry maker. He will continue helping the women.

Joseph Mara works with TEMBO's Micro-finance groups. Here he is with some visitors to the community library.

And I formally introduce you to "TEMBO dog" who accompanied Mary to the library one morning. Dogs in Tanzania are not pets as they are in Canada but this little guy insists on staying in Mary's house rather than living on the streets. Here, Leah, TEMBO assistant Librarian, offeres TEMBO dog a puzzle to work on.

Longido gave Sandra and Katie a birthday to remember and they both forged new relationships that will last a lifetime. TEMBO is deeply grateful for the generosity and support of families like the Hession's!