Time to leave Dar (again)

It's funny how many times over the last 6 years I have had to feel like this. Once again I will be leaving Dar early tomorrow morning before the sun is up. As always, I have a sense of nervous delight at the opportunity that exists to work on sustainable and socially beneficial enterprise here; nervous because I hate to leave it, and delight because I have a renewed sense of direction.

A lot of work to be done in coming months. After meeting the likes of Sarah Markes of DarSketches, Rakesh Rajani of Twaweza, Joe Rugaramabu of TBC and Altaaf Hasham of AKF, it's difficult to stand by and watch everything exciting happen in Dar without getting involved. I've also been able to touch base with organizations like Zanzibits, Ushahidi and TanSAO, and I'm thrilled at the prospects of future collaborative work between all of them.

I'm looking forward to London and to the rest of my grad program, as I am to finding ways to fuse it with Tanzanian development.

I'm going to miss this place, but I shall be back insha'allah.

Carpe diem,
mink (a teaser of updates to my website coming in t-minus 30 some days)

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