Shelters in Tanzania (by Louisa)

By Louisa Monger (and Mum)

Age 5

Year 1

Shelters in Tanzania

Traditional Tanzanian Houses

A traditional house of the Wahi

tribe

Holiday Shelters

A holiday banda

at Bagamoya

Beach near Dar

es Salaam.

Shelters for

shade on

Bagamoya Beach

A picnic shelter

at Kizalanza

Camp near

Iringa

We camped in this

tent at Musumbo

Campsite near

Iringa

Village Houses

In our village, Magozi, there are lots of mud huts with mud and straw roofs.

A mud house. It is small and dark inside. They usually have two rooms. They

store their very big bags of rice inside so there is not much room. They sit on

little low wooden stools.

Our house in

Magozi. It is

made of bricks

and has a tin roof.

It is nice to have

a good roof but it

gets very hot

inside!

The shelter on

the left is where

the pit to go to

the toilet is and it

is where we wash

in our bucket.

More houses in Magozi

Another outhouse shelter.

The door is made of flour

sack, but it is a bit ripped

now.

My friend Huruma lives here. The shelter on the right is where they

cook on a three stone fire. It is very, very smoky in there.

A concrete house in the village of Usolanga, near Magozi. It has a tin roof like

mine.

We think this might be a local government officials’ village house

Church Shelter

A village church

in Lupembe. The

roof leaked here!

Now they have a

new shelter

which is made of

bricks and has a

good roof.

The Primary School in Magozi

School Shelter

Hospital Shelter

A village hospital

clinic in

Usolanga. We are

standing by the

water tank.

Houses in Town

Our friends, Andy

and Angela live in

the big house

here. They have

lots of bedrooms

for teams who

come to stay with

us!

This is my house in Iringa!

“SHELTERS”Small shelters in Tanzania are called

“bandas.” They usually have a straw roof.

A house is called “nyumba.” They have roofs of tin or straw and mud to keep the rain out and give shade from the sun. They are made of mud or bricks.

Bigger buildings like schools and hospitals are usually made of concrete.