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natalie in mali
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Sunday, June 21, 2009. As i am not doing a good job of updating my blog ive put some links up to other people's in the hopes that you will keep coming to mine to connect to theirs when I'm being negligent. Hey its heroic that youre even trying to post with all thats going on.And whats the temperature? How are the projects wrapping up? June 30, 2009 at 7:49 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Natalie Grillon, PCV. Corps de la Paix. View my complete profile. Murr thoughts- food fashion humor.
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natalie in mali: July 2008
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Sunday, July 13, 2008. Food situation in Mali. Some of you have been asking abotu the food situation in Mali with the food crisis going on. Mali is self-sufficient in millet and sorghum so the prices haven't gone up too much here for thost staples, but the price for a sack of rice has gone up alot. Here's an article our country director just sent us that you might find interesting. MALI: Food situation looks positive. Source: http:/ www.irinnews.org/report.aspx? Gao, 1,200 km north of the capital, Bamako...
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natalie in mali: June 2008
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008. Top ten things "you think you know but you have no idea" (in no particular order):. 1) Malians don't celebrate birthdays. Most Malians don't even know their ages. In the past births haven't been registered, most people don't have birth certificates. When a kid gives you his age, he could be off by several years. We had an interesting conversation several weeks ago about whether Oumar was 4 or 5. 2)There are alot of big scary bugs. 3) I sleep outside with cows and goats. Speaking of...
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natalie in mali: September 2008
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008. Planting with my women from our tree nursery training. Theres a tree underneath the sac, they're protecting it from the inevitable goat. There's also a tree in this picture, i swear we actually planted. Almost one official year! October 1 will mark the one year anniversary of my arrival at site. I however have not been at site recently! Tunisia is like a islamic french greece. how so you ask? Here's some pictures, you'll understand the greece thing from these? I usually try...
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natalie in mali: November 2008
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Friday, November 28, 2008. Happy thanksgiving from Mali! We're heading out in a couple hours for a big thanksgiving meal in Sevare with duck, pie and ice cream. This may sound unhealthy but I've been almost starving myself all day so I can eat as much as possible tonight! First off.THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! Or if you have any old books in English or French that you'd like to get rid of please leave me a comment and I can send you an address to send them to. Any help is greatly appreciated! Its almost time f...
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natalie in mali: May 2008
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Quick update but better than none? Some pictures above of my classes, my little brothers with their clay animals, the garden etc. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps. Natalie Grillon, PCV. Corps de la Paix. I am a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali helping with Natural Resource Management. View my complete profile. Links- some from Africa, some must reads from US.
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natalie in mali: long time in coming
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Monday, March 2, 2009. Long time in coming. March 6, 2009 at 7:11 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps. Natalie Grillon, PCV. Corps de la Paix. I am a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali helping with Natural Resource Management. View my complete profile. Links- some from Africa, some must reads from US. Murr thoughts- food fashion humor. Righteous Babygirls- must i explain?
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natalie in mali: June 2009
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Sunday, June 21, 2009. As i am not doing a good job of updating my blog ive put some links up to other people's in the hopes that you will keep coming to mine to connect to theirs when I'm being negligent. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps. Natalie Grillon, PCV. Corps de la Paix. I am a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali helping with Natural Resource Management. View my complete profile.
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natalie in mali: August 2009
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009. So much has happened over the last couple of months. I'm hanging in transition waiting to settle down again but my time here makes me wonder if I ever will "settle down" somewhere again. Something i wrote a couple days ago. How many times in your life do you leave a place you love behind? I’ve called a couple times and they’re happy to hear from me. Have they already moved on? I can already hear myself starting to lose the language so I seek out other people who speak it. ...
