One of my close friends from university continues his great work in Tanzania.  His latest project involves raising $407,000 Shillings for a new soccer field (with an exchange rate of 1 USD = 1,330.00 TZS; after conversion it works out to just over $300 USD).

In Greg's own word:

"The field on which Miemgeni FC play their daily football scrimmages is, by Canadian standards, and to put it mildly, sub-standard. Dirt covers approximately 90% of the field; the non-dirt areas consist of thick knee-high brush that is more difficult to penetrate than Italy’s defence in the 2006 World Cup; the vegetation’s sharp barbs that painfully fall into shoes have temporarily incapacitated many an attacker; sizeable stones and pebbles litter parts of the field; water run-off during the rainy season has carved an uneven trench across the pitch. Despite these challenging conditions, a shortage of high quality football pitches in the area means that spirited matches take place on this rugged ground on a near-daily basis.

There is one final significant imperfection at the home ground of Miemgeni FC, and that is the lack of proper goals. Currently the team uses straight tree branches stuck into the ground, which are unfortunately an attractive source of firewood to those who lack respect for football: the team’s already substandard goals therefore often disappear. A picture of the football pitch and of the current goals (when the posts have not been taken for firewood) can be seen in the following pictures." 

His blog posts are really funny and captures his day-to-day life there candidly- I'm hoping to help him redesign his website soon.