While extended travel outside of typical tourist destinations may be intimidating to the average vacationer, for University of Wisconsinâ??Madison student Caroline Ackley it offered the perfect opportunity to broaden her perspectives and create change first-hand.
“I recently fulfilled a dream of mine and went to Africa to see the struggle I have been fighting,” Ackley said.
She left Madison in December of 2006 for a month-long stay in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, roughly two hours north of Dar es Salaam, the Tanzanian capital. The Zukri Foundation, a nonprofit service program committed to providing skills training, advice and financial contributions to the people of Bagamoyo, coordinated the trip.