It’s a Friday afternoon after a long first week at work and I find myself at Moshi’s vacant railway station for a business meeting. The space is communal, with people pulling out tables and chairs onto the tracks that have been slowly reclaimed by nature. Bottles with long necks of Coke and Fanta are shared while the melodic sounds of Swahili are heard over the radio. I am here to meet with the tour guides of TATU Adventures.
All week I have been becoming familiar with the tour company’s client list and marketing strategies. Adventures is the for-profit side of the TATU Project. For more information about the project of women empowerment in East Africa, you can check out their site here. If you ask any of the locals or ex-pats about TATU they almost all respond with ‘they do things there differently’. We live and work in the same house, which creates a laid-back atmosphere while simultaneously building a network of support between all the different branches of TATU. I’ve spent most of my time at TATU so far perched on a floor cushion creating spreadsheets and updating our social media pages. This afternoon I am out on the town and could not be more excited. I quickly realize I am meant to coach these guides in English conversation lessons. Challenge accepted.
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