http://esthergarvi.com aka Ishtar News Fri, 09 May 2008 17:23:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been dry and hot all day, and then all of sudden - it started to rain! And as I would never do in Sweden, I went out of the office (had to turn off the computer because of the thunders anyway) and enjoyed the rain! But after a while, the shower ... http://esthergarvi.com/2008/05/09/rain/ Copyright Eden Foundation 2008 Dressed up and showing his new watch, Saadu poses between his Eden trees in the heart of the Tanout department: trees that he has sown himself and that are now generating an important income for his family. Trees in Niger are an asset, and fruiting trees even ... http://esthergarvi.com/2008/05/08/portrait-of-an-eden-farmer/ On Monday, we went back to the field station to continue the work that was started some ten days ago. Image from September 11th 2007 Although I love the field station when its green, I love it just as much when it the grass is dry and many of the trees has ... http://esthergarvi.com/2008/05/07/the-field-station-in-dry-season/ On Sunday, I went to the race track with another expat. I had asked Ali to ride Arwen straight to the track, and then Tom (who rides an ex race horse by the name Luke) and I took the longer detour through the Zinderien bush, which gives the best of ... http://esthergarvi.com/2008/05/06/sudanese-horse-racing-in-niger/ Yesterday's post about the Niger 2004-05 Famine Scam debate going in Norway has been updated with the following link: Norwegian People's Aid goes self-critical, published in Bergens Tidende on May 3rd, 2008 It is an interview with Petter Eide, the secretary general of the Norwegian People’s Aid whom after the Tabloid debate ... http://esthergarvi.com/2008/05/05/updated-the-famine-scam-debate/ We are going back to the field station today to finish off the work that was started when we were there last. Will probably have some nice pictures to blog about when we come back. In the meantime, I leave you with a fresh picture for the field taken by an ... http://esthergarvi.com/2008/05/05/going-back-to-the-field-station/ There's a fresh debate going on in Norway right, touching right into the heart of aid politics. It all started with a chronicle I wrote that was published in Bergens Tidende on April 28th, entitled Be om unnskyldning, Egeland. Here are a few quotes from the chronicle that translates to 'Egeland, ... http://esthergarvi.com/2008/05/04/fresh-debate-in-norway-relating-to-nigers-2004-05-famine-scam/ In the Western world, the notion of civilization is mostly focused around technological success, but in the least developed area in the poorest country in the world (that would be Tanout, yes), you will find a world totally different from your own. Here, people have time for each other, the ... http://esthergarvi.com/2008/05/04/step-into-the-world-of-the-eden-children/ I promised I'd take you back to the track at some point during the two week long horse racing event that is taking place in Zinder right now. Horses have arrived from all over Niger and the following weeks mark the end of this year's official Nigerien racing season. After ... http://esthergarvi.com/2008/05/03/racing-season-ending-in-zinder/ After an early lunch and a very enjoyable ride through Tanout endless landscape, we arrived at Eden's field station, which is situation 13 km south of Tanout city (140 km north of Zinder), in the northernmost Nigerien agriculture zone. ... http://esthergarvi.com/2008/04/30/back-at-the-field-station/