Babati is in the heart of the rift valley and from the Waangwaray School you can see across the valley to the escarpment climbing into the sky. On clear day after the rains it is a sight of such beauty one could sit for hours in wonderment. But being in the geological fault line does have some disadvantages as was
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I met Russell at Simon and Suzi’s wedding in November 2008. He sang the strangest song I’d ever heard. I thought it was Ethiopian or something, it was truly beautiful. Speaking to him letter I discovered that he was a sound therapist and was singing from his soul, he was making it up as he went along. When i told
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Roadmonkey 2010 The Livingstone Tanzania Trust has teamed up with Roadmonkey, the adventure philanthropist organisation in New York run by the energetic Paul von Zielbauer, a former correspondent for the New York Times. In 2010 he brought two teams of adventure seeking philanthropists to climb Kilimanjaro and then come to Babati to get involved in community development. June 2010 The team
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We used to go on holiday, this is now called tourism. Then there was mass tourism and independent travel. Now we have eco-tourism, community based tourism, responsible tourism, sustainable tourism, ethical tourism, volun-tourism, pro-poor tourism and doubtless many more types of tourism be it travelling independently or otherwise. It is a muddle with tour operators eagerly tries to differentiate their
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Development and poverty reduction Like many developing countries, getting good economic growth is the main objective and it is assumed that the benefits of that growth will trickle down through society to help alleviate poverty. But this is a slow process at best and there are other faster ways to help alleviate poverty, such as following pro-poor growth strategies. Tourism
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Challenges facing Tourism Industry in Tanzania: The Case of Babati Town Council By Julian Page- Director of the Livingstone Tanzania Trust July 2010 Introduction Tourism around the world continues to grow at a remarkable rate and this is reflected in the statistics for Tanzania as the countries is close to reaching 1,000,000 a year. Tourism is one of Tanzania’s major
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