A day in Mwadime´s family

Jonna, Saana and I visited Mwadime´s family in Maktau which is about one hour driving from the research station. On our way we saw different types of wild animals and because wild animals, especially elephants are common in the area, Mwadime has electric fences around his yard so that they don´t get to damage the fields.

Mwadime has a big family: a lovely wife and 7 children. The two oldest girls were in the boarding school so we didn´t get to meet them but the other 5 were at home. They also have animals like cows, goats, chickens and a friendly dog called Taiga. We also met Mwadime´s other relatives because many of them live nearby in the same neighborhood.

Our fist job was to clean animals´corral and then take the poop to the fields were Mwadime grows for example corn and beans. After cleaning we prepared lunch with Mwadime´s wife what wasn´t that easy. For lunch we had rice, meat, salad, bean sauce and bananas. Our last job was to paint the living/dining room. We got to be our own handymen and the end result was pretty good if I may say so :D

The day ended with cups of tea and we also gave water and some medicine for the animals when they arrived home. Just before we left, we visited Mwadime´s brother and saw Kilimanjaro for the first time from his yard.

We had really good time with the family so big thanks to Mwadime and his whole family! :)