Click here to view our Picture GalleryMy Journey to Tanzania Begins
Monday January 9, 2006
Allison Graham
Board of Directors
One World Youth Project
As I boarded the plane in Boston it began to sink in that I was soon to be in Africa. Africa, the continent that I had dreamed of since my uncle's slide show of his time there. Elephants and lions charging across the wall in my living room, right into my imagination where they have lived ever since. My Uncle Peter and Auntie Barbara lived in Tanzania for some time. They always had tales of wild animals, amazing people, and lands that our ancestors walked on. Thirteen hours after leaving Boston, I set foot on that same ground and continued a journey that had begun in my mind, years ago.
Inside Kilimanjaro Airport, Jessica waited with Abdu and Joseph, a.k.a. the Perfect Brothers, leaders of The Perfect Youth Group. Jess and her familiar, wonderful smile eased any fear I had of the unknown. The warm welcome from the Perfect Brothers was the first of many thrills I hoped I would have while representing the Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School at the Herman Wrice Community Center in Arusha. It was a grand start to the experience of a lifetime!
- Allison
Allison Graham
Board of Directors
One World Youth Project
As I boarded the plane in Boston it began to sink in that I was soon to be in Africa. Africa, the continent that I had dreamed of since my uncle's slide show of his time there. Elephants and lions charging across the wall in my living room, right into my imagination where they have lived ever since. My Uncle Peter and Auntie Barbara lived in Tanzania for some time. They always had tales of wild animals, amazing people, and lands that our ancestors walked on. Thirteen hours after leaving Boston, I set foot on that same ground and continued a journey that had begun in my mind, years ago.
Inside Kilimanjaro Airport, Jessica waited with Abdu and Joseph, a.k.a. the Perfect Brothers, leaders of The Perfect Youth Group. Jess and her familiar, wonderful smile eased any fear I had of the unknown. The warm welcome from the Perfect Brothers was the first of many thrills I hoped I would have while representing the Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School at the Herman Wrice Community Center in Arusha. It was a grand start to the experience of a lifetime!
- Allison
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