It takes two days to get from San Francisco to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, a sprawling metropolis perched on the edge of the crystal-clear, turquoise Indian Ocean, with empty white sand beaches beckoning and so much raw sewage in the water that the gentle waves remail wholly unsplashed in.

Sparkly Spark board members head to Tanzania on Friday! That's right, it's that time of year again. Time for our annual delegation trip somewhere in the world to visit one of our global grantees! What's the fun of writing a check to a fabulous grassroots women's organization if you can't see the results first hand?