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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 got too intense - although […]
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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 more so. Eden has an […]
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 poor laugh and the children […]
One of the many things I love about Niger is how people value fellowship. Time in the country of “sei hakuri” (have patience) does not equal money. Here, people live according to a different set of social rules, and do not see spending time with one another as unfruitful. Being together is one of the […]
I offered you my all
And I think my heart went to live with you
For it now speaks a language only you two understand
It talks of things I do not know by name
And comes to realizations that I cannot explain
It breaks into a song to which I know no tunes
But which I wish so desperately I […]
Births are important events in Niger. The celebration that occurs on the seventh day after the birth of a baby (also known as a “souna”) reflects the joy that every newborn child brings. Sounas are one of the four major social highlights in Niger (next to Tabaski, Ramadan and marriages). As I was working that […]
When I was walking home from work yesterday, Jamila & Aichatu, two of my little friends on Eden Street, came up to me and asked me if I could please take a picture of them. Of course, I couldn’t resist them, but as soon as I got out the camera, the smiles disappeared - as […]
It’s been a while since Anette and I decided that we would plaster the inside of our walls with red “banco” mud.
The mason started working this week and has done about 1/4 - and it’s already looking so different!
I love the red soil - it merges so well with the sky, the trees and […]
Before I got my own place in Niger, there was one typical volunteer thing that I hoped I would never have to do: wash my clothes by hand! Now, when Anette and I moved into this house, we inherited a semi-functional washing machine from the family that had lived there before us. The washing machine […]
To have a cup of coffee and a melon by the pool during siestas
To have a blue sky and daily sunshine
To be able to enjoy a fruit a day or even more
To have running water
To live in a house that is a home
To have a family that cares
To have friends who wait for you, even […]
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