Back down to earth
on Rob Wootton (Zambia), 14/Jan/2011 15:38, 34 days ago
The magical world of Zanzibar is a fading memory, as back in Maz life continues with a few bumps and hiccups along the way . . . This week has seen a few power cuts (always at the wrong time i.e. when we want to cook dinner) with the threat of more, and longer ones, on the way. It is raining cats and dogs too, bucket loads of water is falling from the sky as the road outside our house becomes a muddy, boggy mess yet we even had a water shortage on one day! Whilst back at work . . . our funding has arrived but only what the organisation was meant to receive up until September last year. So the rest of last year’s money is still missing along with the funding for the first quarter of 2011; messy and frustrating to put it politely.  The move to the new office space has therefore stalled. The Boma– the district HQ where our office is based – could also be described as a mess. The smell of bat shit has returned as a nearby office has removed a huge pile from its roof and just dumped it outside.  Chickens also run amuck, clucking around through the office corridors. Naively I hoped things would be a bit different but so far more of the same. Welcome back.