Our trip to Niger - Oct 2007

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November 29th 2007

Published: November 29th 2007

Hello Folks, Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! (Was in Niger then) and Happy American Thanksgiving (was in South Africa then) I went to Niger for work in Oct and was able to get out to Zinder for the first time since leaving the Peace Corps in 1999. I've had a hard time getting motivated to write this blog; no idea why - just a bit overwhelmed with everything else I suppose. I just got back fro... Read Full Entry

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Chekaraou Family

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Hello Friends, I decided to start a blog to facilitate the delivery of news from our new home in Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. After about five years of trying to secure a job and get back to Africa, we were finally successful! I left seven years of working for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and took a position with World Vision, a Christian, not-for-profit organization. I recently made a change from West Africa HIV Advisor to the Africa Regional Maternal and Child Health Advisor position. It is an exciting change for me! Even though my husband is from Niger and I have h... full info

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Road to Zinder

Dan Bande's House in Zinder

Mato Family and Djibril

Leila, Teacher, Miriam and Djibril

Gourmet Meal

Tuwon massara and miyan kuka!

Mato Family

Henna

Foo Foo Feet

The tradition lives on. It is so much easier to do henna now than it was 10 years ago. No more sleeping with bags on the feet!

Harouna Dan Bande (Teacher) and Miriam

At the PCVL house in Zinder

Abdou

Abdou Family

Hadja Alea and Kadir (the latest additon) were missing - they had gone out visiting

Dengui Family

Sun yi yawa!

Souley Idi Family

The nurse I worked with in Kournikoutchika. He has been based in Zinder for years now at the big maternity hospital. He is now on a 2 year educational leave getting a higher certificate in nursing.

Djibo at Souley's House

This is where the nurse from my village now lives in Zinder.

Gambo Hayo

My counterpart. Recall I brought him to an IST and Jen Gunderman kept calling him Doogie Howser

Flat Tire

The first of the morning - many were to follow

Remember this delicacy?

Egg sandwiches with magi, onions, tomatos and yagi, yummm...

Tire Repair

Waiting

Truck Emergency Stash

I thought this was funny; Djibo said they travel with their own junk to start a fire for when, not 'if' they break down on the road...to alert other travelers in the dark!