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Nomads on the move

Posted in September 22nd, 2009
by Esther Garvi in Life in Tanout

It’s rainy season in Niger.

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A nomad family is on the move, bringing their herd from one pasture to another. This is the season when the grass is lush and the animals have a good chance of fattening up.

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Traveling with all of their belongings, this family will put up camp [...]

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Food for Work versus Working for Your Own Food

Posted in August 17th, 2009
by Esther Garvi in Aid politics, Eden Foundation, Life in Tanout, Sustainable development, Things you want to know about Niger

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While heading up to the field station recently, the Eden research team drove past a number of people working by the roadside.

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They were digging away sand that had accumulated by the roadside; a job that is normally carried out by bulldozers.

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The event was being directed by [...]

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Eden Gardens: the choice to stay

Posted in May 29th, 2009
by Esther Garvi in Eden Foundation, Life in Tanout, Sustainable development, Things you want to know about Niger

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As we approach the end of hot season, trucks can be seen throughout the country bringing men come back from their yearly exodus. Twenty years ago, this was also the situation for the farmers of Tanout. Once the millet was harvested, the men would leave their families for a period of nine months [...]

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When Water Grows Scarce

Posted in April 13th, 2009
by Esther Garvi in Life in Tanout, Things you want to know about Niger

By the time warm season sets in (which is now) and the seasonal lakes have all dried up, the pressure on the wells and the precious ground water increases.

It takes many hours for a nomad clan to water all their animals, but it is an amazing sight to see!

Layer by layer: Humans, zebu cows, donkeys [...]

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Drinking Water from the Seasonal Lake

Posted in March 17th, 2009
by Esther Garvi in Eden Foundation, Life in Tanout, Sustainable development, Things you want to know about Niger

Instead of bringing you my own world today, I wanted to give you glimpse of the world of the Eden families, which is my reason for being in Niger. I do not live in Tanout, and I have never yet had to drink water that looks like my coffee latte. Ever. But many people do, [...]

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Precious drinking water

Posted in February 19th, 2009
by Esther Garvi in Eden Foundation, Life in Tanout, Things you want to know about Niger

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Although I enjoy my life in Niger very much, my life in Niger is not the reason why I am here. The people of Tanout are. What you see above is not a pond of latte, but the remnants of a seasonal lake. The water in the pond is drinking water. Precious drinking [...]

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A glimpse of Edenland

Posted in February 9th, 2009
by Esther Garvi in Life in Tanout, Niger cool places

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While putting together a granary with millet stalks and newly-made Eden rope, Usman enjoys the cheerful singing that comes from the other end of his field.

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For on this particular day, the women of the village have come together to help his wife thresh the millet. Today, they [...]

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Life Quality for a Little One

Posted in February 4th, 2009
by Esther Garvi in Cultural differences, Life in Tanout, Things you want to know about Niger, Wordless Wednesday

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A different work environment

Posted in January 28th, 2009
by Esther Garvi in Life in Tanout, Wordless Wednesday

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Cooking with watermelon

Posted in January 15th, 2009
by Esther Garvi in Cultural differences, Life in Tanout, Things you want to know about Niger

When most of us see a watermelon, we think of fresh fruit, or a fruit salad to be a little more “adventurous”.

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In Eden Land however, the women cook with it.

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Enjoying quiet days in the village, mother and grandmother Inna shows the Eden field worker the meal she has just prepared for [...]

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Meet Eden Farmer Alhadji Bukar

Posted in January 8th, 2009
by Esther Garvi in Eden Foundation, Life in Tanout, Sustainable development, Things you want to know about Niger

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Meet Alhadji Bukar, an Eden farmer in the Tanout area.

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14 years ago, Alhadji Bukar joined the Eden program and started to sow edible trees and bushes in his field. Today, these trees and bushes are well established and produce food, even during years where there is little rain. The Eden trees [...]

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