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Because of that it should be kind of fun to read.
Tell me what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life. Mary Oliver
Bienvenu
Jessica began her Peace Corps experience in January of 2008. She is in the west African country of Niger, which is a pretty isolated part of the world. She has little access to computers, and the mail is slow. I (the MOM) blog her letters and occasional emails, and try to keep my voice out of it.
Current projects
Baby Patrol
Community classroom
Women's grain bank
Environmental ed
Young girl's scholarship program
Fencing for trees and garden
Women's literacy
Men's English class
Communicating
5/11/09 Postage to Niger: .98 for a 1 oz letter (4 pages)
Back home in the USA. No more mail to Jessica in Niger.
English class happens 5 days a week with 20-27 men in my courtyard. I started with teaching greetings, and are moving on to basic questions, names of places, actions etc. This is one of my favorite parts of the day.
While learning the names of places, I had the guys draw a bunch of pictures on the board. I think these are so great; I didn't want to erase them! Here we have: a mosque, the marker, home, the clinic, the road, the well, school, and the fields.
1 comment:
Wonderful work. And tremendous experiences.
Keep the pictures and anecdotes coming. Better than National Geographic.
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