Tanzania and poverty. What do you know about it?

Yes - the situation there is very sad. One of my best friends is half British/half Tanzanian. He lives in the UK now, but he still has relatives there, and goes back about once a year. His family there are actually some of the wealthy ones (his Father was a British Diplomat and his Mother was from one of the major families there), but I know that most of the people there do not have the chances and the luxuries that he was fortunate enough to have. I have only visited the country once - a long time ago - so I cannot really comment on what it's like now, as I was ataying with some of his relatives, and I know I was "shielded" from some of the worst sights there, but I know it is bad. I kowit is also very beautiful, and the people generally uplifting and positive.