COLLINGWOOD, Ont. – Authorities in Tanzania are investigating after an Ontario woman died while volunteering to help children in the east African country.

Family friend Reverend Brian Goodings of Trinity United Church says Foreign Affairs confirmed that Collingwood resident Susan Wells died under unknown circumstances on Wednesday.

He says Wells left Collingwood for Tanzania last weekend on a month-long trip, carrying educational materials for children.

Goodings says Foreign Affairs has told Wells’ family that an autopsy has been performed in Tanzania as authorities there try to discover cause of death.

The results haven’t been released, however, Goodings says the department informed the family that Wells’ death was not due to misadventure.

He says Wells was an experienced traveller who had gone on numerous trips abroad to help out charities, including five previous voyages to Tanzania.