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Catchment Area: Moshi, Tanzania

Tanzania is mountainous in the north coast, where Mount Kilimanjaro, African’s highest peak, is situated. To the north and west are the Great lakes of Lake Victoria (African largest lake) and Lake Tanganyika. Central Tanzania comprises a large plateau, with plains and arable land. The eastern shore is hot and humid, with the island of Zanzibar lying just offshore. Tanzania contains many national parks in the north. Also Tanzania contains famous caves in East Africa like Amboni caves, which according to researches the area was under water some 20 million years ago.

Language

The national language in Tanzania is Swahili, however English is also widely spoken and taught in House of Learning (The Q.T.C). In fact Swahili means “people of the coast” in Arabic. The Swahili language originates is basically for Bantu (Africa) origin. It has borrowed words from other languages such as Arabic probably as a result of the Swahili people using the Quaran. The word “Swahili” was used by early Arab visitors and it means the “coast”. Ultimately it came to be applied to the people and the language.