How the idea of the trip got started
The project chairman, Mr Paul Temple, who lives in Weston-super-Mare, has been visiting Luhimba village for the past 11 years and he has known us for the whole of that time. For this matter, he decided to invite us to visit the UK. The main aim of the trip was therefore to increase mutual awareness of each other's cultures and help to give us an insight into their way of life.

Programme of Activities
We spent two weeks in the UK following a very full programme of activities prepared by our host, Mr Paul Temple. We stayed with him and his family from 2 Oct -15 Oct 2003. Everyone was very kind and cheerful to us. Mr Paul divided the programme of activities into the following sections:

Meeting Sponsors and Donors
During our visit we met many sponsors and donors who have been supporting the project in several areas including health, education, agriculture and clean water. Some of the sponsors we met were Ron and Jenny at the Waverly Club - donors of a heifer, Weston-super-Mare Rotary Club who agreed to raise funds for a ring well with storage tanks for the secondary school. Other sponsors included 'Mzee' Michael who is a founder of the project, the Homemakers Club, Mrs Peters, who supports the children with clothes, Clarence Park Ladies Bowling Club, Portishead Primary School, Back well Junior School and Walliscote Primary School. We also met a courageous charity trustee, Helen Sweet, who had explored the idea of small businesses for the villagers. We also spent a good time with two journalists - Rowena Speirs and Wenna Coombs. Both work for the Weston Mercury newspaper which supports two children for school fees and the newspaper does a wonderful job to report all about Luhlmba village and its progress. Through the Mercury many people in the UK know Luhimba very well.

Beef Farms
We had a chance to visit one of the big farms owned by Mr Ian Ford: He used to have a dairy farm but he shifted to beef for the same reason -low milk price. We also visited a small turkey unit. Mr Ford told us that turkeys are used traditionally in the UK as special meat at Christmas.

Poultry Farms
One of the most interesting poultry farms we visited was that of Mr Martin Ford. He owned a total of 16,000 -chickens. As we have pointed out before all the work is done by machines i.e. starting from feeding to collection. For example, the egg conveyance has been set up in such a way that only clean and normal eggs will drop to the end point; dirty and deformed eggs will stick somewhere within the system and will be treated accordinglv by the worker .

Tourism
Mr Paul arranged some local tourism for us in the whole two week period. He did so to prevent us from getting bored. Some interesting areas we visited include:

Cheddar Caves and Gorge
It is Britain's biggest gorge and most beautiful caves (Cheddar and Gough's Caves). They were discovered by Richard Gough in 1872. When we entered the reception we were presented with explorer audio guides (phone-like equipment). This device explains all about the caves. The caves are clean and fitted with electricity all over it. It is -actually a wonderful place to visit.

St Andrews Cathedral in Wells
This is the biggest church we visited. Building started in 1180- 1508. It is 126.5 metres long and 20.5 metres wide. It has two towers. The highest tower is 55m high and the other is 38m high.

Clifton Suspension Bridge
The bridge is built across the River Avon in Bristol, Southern England. It connects two peaks of mountains and it was built in the 1800's. Again we were surprised at the technology used in those decades.

Other Interesting Areas
We had time to visit the bells in Wrington Church, the Queen's palace in London, the London Eye, the River Thames, Parliament House and the BBC studios in London.

We passed around St Thomas' Hospital where the first Tanzanian President, Mwalimu Nyerere, died four years ago.

Entertainments
The programme took us to the Grand Pier which is several metres in the sea. We had a go on some of the machines and rides. We were particularly excited when we got in a big wheel which lifted us up like an aeroplane but not as -high up. We also boarded a small train which takes people up and down the walkway of the pier .

Computer Training
During our visit Mr Paul spent spare time to train us how to use the computer. Because we ran short of time we asked him to train us on sending and receiving messages. We did it and now we are qualified.

Visiting Former Rozel Hotel
Wenna Coombs, the Weston and Somerset Mercury reporter, took us out into the town for an afternoon. Our trips included a visit to a construction site of the former Rozel Hotel where Barratt is building luxury apartments. As -usual, most of the work is done by machines and everyone on the site had protective gear on the head (helmet).

Conclusion
On behalf of the people of Luhimba we say thanks to all people and clubs in Weston and Wrington who have been contributing to the development of the village. We would also like to thank the Mercury reporters, Wenna Coombs and Rowena Speirs for their tireless reporting about the project.

Unique thanks should go to Mr Paul Temple and his family and to Jayne Williams for their kindness to us while we were in W-s-M. Paul and his daughter Anna sacrificed themselves by running in the London Marathon to raise money for our trip. This is a kind of love we have never seen. We appreciate also the kindness of all people we met in the UK. Our visit has been a great success to us and the community we were representing. We are in the position now to tell our fellow villagers how difficult it is for our sponsors to raise money for the project.

Prepared by Joseph Tago and Joseph Simsokwe

Cc Dr Mosha (Thank you so much for your assistance concerning our trip to the UK).