TANZANIA. Michese/Chigongwe. 2008 Michese, 2008.
“This district has problems finding and keeping teachers. Some come and see that there is no water and electricity, they come for one day and leave. Some children don’t come to school because they have to go and fetch water. There are less children here during the dry season for this reason. Three-quarters come late to school and sometimes they can’t come at all because they have to fetch water. This can take five to six hours sometimes. If the children are thirsty they have to leave class to get water or just wait until later. Their concentration is bad though. Sometimes the latrines are so dirty the children go in the ground around the school. I go and fetch water at 2 or 3am in the morning and wait for hours, sometimes I am also late. I’m not from this region – I am from the south of Tanzania, the government sent me here, I had no choice.” Naomi Chitambi, who left the school as the living conditions were too tough for her to continue to work.