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December 3rd 2008

Published: December 3rd 2008

Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you, this would in fact be my second blog entry within the last 10 days. It must be due to that holiday magic that finds a way to touch all of us, even those of us in Mozambique. I was telling my mom that Thanksgiving is just absolutely HUGE here!! You wouldn't think it, but the streets were just overflowing with Mozambicans wearing pilgrim style hats, dressing up ... Read Full Entry

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Jimmy Schneidewind

The Fresh Prince of Mozambique

For some reason, Peace Corps decided that it would be a good idea to accept me into their program and then to send me to Mozambique, or "the 'Bique" as the natives refer to it. No, that part isn't true, but the first part is. I will be serving in Mozambique for the next two years and three months, and I will use this blog to document my journey. My story is sure to include twists and turns, the likes of which are unknown to the common man, but then again, I am the Fresh Prince of Mozambique. Stay tuned "to see what happens when people stop being polite and start being real! The real world. Moz... full info

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quote wall

the left half

the parents working, carrying wood, babies, getting dinner ready, and their small mud hut with grass roof in the background

the right side

their child sleeping on the bottom, having a dream of going to school, and then leaving prepared to enter the world and realize his potential

the meanings...

in the upper left blue box are the names of all the kids who helped paint....next to that "kids, young people, elderly, health is life"...in the red box, it identifies the community based organization "Josina Machel" as the responsible group for organizing the orphans...below that "I am a disadvantaged child. I want to study in order to live well. I am asking for one more school, I live alone"...below that in the green box "Absolute poverty does not exist when we have dreams and hopes"

deep...

...in conversation...in fact, even though i had just finished playing a soccer game, i still had time to explain to our hero artist what he could have done better in the painting, how i would have done it differently

the whole thing...

a view from the street

the next morning

putting a couple finishing touches on about an hour before the parade arrived

secret

we covered it up to make the unveiling that much more dramatic

they are coming

our first glimpse of the parade making its way towards us

they are here

the arrival

its like a herd

lotta people

getting close...

to the mural for the presentation

giving...

it room to breath

and finally...

our hero artist explains the meaning behind the work

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