Last week Ben and Katy left Tanzania for the UK. This meant
that Malcolm is left ‘in charge’. However, just to put that in perspective, he
is ‘in charge’ of the office (3 staff) whilst Liz and Dom are ‘in charge’ of the rest of Neema (100 staff).
Before they left Zac and Alessi were able to invite some friends
to play on the Tree House that Ben had built in the garden. (This is probably the best, and most
picturesque, Adventure Playground in Iringa).
Malcolm’s final act for Katy was to take her and their 2
children to Iringa Airport on Sunday so they could join Ben in Dar es Salaam
for the flight to England. The local flight is a new service by Air Tanzania,
and there are still teething problems. The flight was delayed for 3 hours,
which meant that Malcolm had to abandon them so that he could return to Neema
to receive a delivery of items. Facilities at Iringa Airport are rather basic!!
(Interestingly today the same flight left 4 hours early.
Clearly Air Tanzania has an elastic timetable).
Twice a week Malcolm has been joining the staff for lunch
rather than use the main café. On these days there is either a meat and rice
dish, or beans and rice. Other days there is the local delicacy, Ugali (ground
maize) which sits heavy on a pampered western stomach!
After work Malcolm found one of the staff having her hair
done by another member of staff on the front of the Neema shop.
