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4. Suction Pumps and Crystallized Blood
“Everyone, make sure you are here on time tomorrow, we are visiting Amana Hospital and have an appointment at 10 am” When Julia announced we were going to visit Amana Hospital,...
3. Comfort through Chaos
It has now been three weeks since we landed in Dar, and two weeks since we started our internship at the Dar-es-Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT). Along with four interns from...
Blog 2: Technology and Business in Tanzania
About forty minutes from the center of Dar es Salaam by car, near the Julius Nyerere International Airport, is a small fenced-in set of buildings in a town called Kitunda. These...
2. Stripping Wires, Cutting Wood, and ‘Making Do’
My favorite part of electronic prototyping is stripping wires. There is something very soothing about stripping wire after wire- first making a slight incision that just goes...
Blog 1: Communication
“It tastes like something, but I can’t put my finger on it..” “What do you mean? What do you put your finger on?” Today I tried ugali for the first time, and in the process...
1. Dar’s treating me well so far!
It has been a week since we landed in Dar es Salaam, and Matthew and I are rested, settled and ready to begin our internship! After long and hectic journeys, we arrived in Dar...
Blog 0: Excitement and Anticipation
Over the past week, my fellow interns and I have been preparing devices and researching supplies to take along for our respective projects. In three weeks, I am headed to Dar es...
0. T-22 days to Tanzania…
The countdown has begun! We will leave for Dar-es-Salaam in 3 weeks. Until then, the other Rice 360 interns and I are working at the OEDK to prepare. We spend all day prototyping...