Louisa's presentation on Shelters in Tanzania for Year One

1. By Louisa Monger (and Mum) Age 5 Year 1 Shelters in Tanzania

2. Traditional Tanzanian Houses

3. A traditional house of the Wahi tribe

4. Holiday Shelters A holiday banda at Bagamoya Beach near Dar es Salaam.

5. Shelters for shade on Bagamoya Beach

6. A picnic shelter at KisalanzaCamp near Iringa

7. We camped in this tent at MasumboCampsite near Iringa

8. Village Houses In our village, Magozi, there are lots of mud huts with mud and straw roofs.

9. A mud house. It is small and dark inside. They usually have two rooms. They store their very big bags of rice inside so there is not much room. They sit on little low wooden stools.

10. Our house in Magozi. It is made of bricks and has a tin roof. It is nice to have a good roof but it gets very hot inside! The shelter on the left is where the pit to go to the toilet is and it is where we wash in our bucket.

11. More houses in Magozi

12. Another outhouse shelter. The door is made of flour sack, but it is a bit ripped now.

13. My friend Huruma lives here. The shelter on the right is where they cook on a three stone fire. It is very, very smoky in there.

15. A rendered brick house in the village of Usolanga, near Magozi. It has a tin roof like mine.

16. We think this might be a local government official’s village house

17. Church Shelter A village church in Lupembe. The roof leaked here! Now they have a new shelter which is made of bricks and has a good roof.

18. School Shelter The Primary School in Magozi

19. Hospital Shelter A village hospital clinic in Usolanga. We are standing by the water tank.

20. Houses in Town Our friends, Andy and Angela live in the big house here. They have lots of bedrooms for teams who come to stay with us!

21. This is my house in Iringa!

22. “SHELTERS” Small shelters in Tanzania are called “bandas.” They usually have a straw roof. A house is called “nyumba.” They have roofs of tin or straw and mud to keep the rain out and give shade from the sun. They are made of mud or bricks. Bigger buildings like schools and hospitals are usually made of bricks and may be rendered.