Lilian

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> This is Lilian. She has been with us for breakfast, lunch, and
> dinner here at Terangire (when does she sleep?!). She has born the
> brunt of Monica's persistence in practicing Kiswahili (which is
> great and much appreciated by the people we meet!) and we have
> really enjoyed getting to know her.
>
> Lilian lives away from home to work here in order to send her 10-
> year-old son to private school. The public elementary schools here
> are underfunded and understaffed and have the further disadvantage
> of not teaching English, which we understand is almost a requirement
> for success in secondary school.
>
> Lily tells us that tourism here is down by 50-75% in the current
> recession. Given the importance of tourism to the TZ economy it
> makes you think that the global recession has probably really
> impacted the working people of this country.