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Today's Reader is Tomorrow's Leader

At one of our primary schools, the library has been up and running for a while thanks to the previous PCV. Therefore, I thought that it would be a good idea to start a Reading Rewards program there in order to rejuvenate the kids' interest in reading. At our schools at least, the kids all seem to love competitions. So, this new Reading Rewards program seems to be just the thing to get them excited about reading. I called the competition the “Big Five Readers” and made a chart for each grad...
After-School Snack!

At school one day after classes I saw some girls throwing rocks at a tree and picking things up off the ground. When I walked up, they were proud to show me the Mopani Worms (caterpillars) that they had caught for dinner that night!
The Road to the Zambezi

This was taken on the Zimbabwean side of Victoria Falls at sunset. I was trying to take a picture to highlight how terrible the road as a result of the constant rain poured on it that is generated by the spray of the falls. In the end, with the sun filtering through the clouds of mist the picture turned out really romantic.
Seka

Laughing children were the highlight of my time in the village.
African Skies

The most beautiful rainbow of my life.
Samba and Bull

Samba Sowe poses with the family bull in the farms outside of Sare Tubai, The Gambia.
Revisited

Ibrima Sowe masters the skill of walking in his family's sandy compound in Sare Tubai, The Gambia on my visit back 3 years after my service ended.
Cherno

Cherno Sowe celebrates at a wedding in Serekunda, The Gambia.
Karate Kids

Kids in Mobe (a village I worked with on a well installation project) showing off their best karate moves
Banana Plantation

View from within a banana and plantain plantation near my post in Bertoua

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