November 7th 2009  Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz Region » Asosa
So here is the news - though I guess most of you know this by now - Sara is pregnant and going to have a baby!!!! We are both delighted as we were led to believe it was not medically possible. ... 12 photos [full story]

September 30th 2009  Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz Region » Asosa
So onto ICT (or In-Country Training). Where three current volunteers and two PO staff offer to welcome/herd/brief/assist/lecture and generally introduce 36 new Ferengi volunteers to the people's, c ... 29 photos [full story]

September 27th 2009  Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz Region » Asosa
"Ta-fa?" (or "Ta-fash?" if you are good friends or female) Rough Translation: where have you been? I've been in Addis, helping train the 36 new volunteers (well, 33 volunteers and 3 accompanying ... 17 photos [full story]

August 17th 2009  Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz Region » Asosa
C'est une entrée très spéciale de blog au sujet d'un jour très agréable dehors pour tous les nous (Dave, Dee, Sara et Alan) dans la ville française de La Rochelle. Pour honorer nos amis de l'a ... 11 photos [full story]

August 22nd 2009  Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz Region » Asosa
Well I'm kind of responding to the "blog seems to be stuck in Europe" comment from one of my good blog reading customers... ... and as I'm providing a service here, I guess I ought to be sensitive ... 20 photos [full story]

July 11th 2009  Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz Region » Asosa
...and the Ferengis are in the pool :) Dave and Dee had very kindly rented both a gite and a car for the week in France. The main reason was Ondine's wedding of course, but we were also really ... 9 photos [full story]

July 10th 2009  Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz Region » Asosa
May the fleas of a thousand scabby camels infest the underwear of my children's children for being so slack on the blog front. Not because I haven't done enough entries over the last month, it ... 22 photos [full story]

July 2nd 2009  Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz Region » Asosa
So I'm sitting here in Assosa. It's a dark and stormy night. No chance of a burglary (the three robbers are sat in a cave, telling tales). We just spent the afternoon waiting at the airport ... 11 photos [full story]

June 29th 2009  Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz Region » Asosa
So we were back in the glorious motherland once more! Having been back at Christmas we kind of knew what to expect this time. Apart from seeing friends and family again, we were looking fo ... 12 photos [full story]

June 27th 2009  Africa » Ethiopia » Benishangul-Gumuz Region » Asosa
We made it to Addis, but then the problems really started! On the Tuesday night we (Sara, Allan, Clare, me) and a lady called Jill - who does the weekly homeless person food run in Addis; and i ... 9 photos [full story]