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Lulu Takes Niger: July 2008
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Saturday, July 26, 2008. Your Guest is Your King. Yup, there are two annasaras here asking for you. So about an hour later Issifi shows up as he had also been traveling. After we greet him, I explained how I got his number. Then with a smile on my face, I told him "We will sleep in your house! For dinner, they set us up with a table, tablecloth, chairs, and a few amazing pots of food with an enormous fried fish on the side. Oh those luxeries! After dinner they even brought us come cokes! Circumcision is ...
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Just Me and My Swiss Army Knife. Two years in the Sahel. Last Mango in Paris. I have moved to a new website! It is www.meandmyswissarmyknife.blogspot.com. Go to Updates Page - see May 14th updates (finally! It's 7 March, 2007. And some pictures are arriving! From 3 March, an email update is posted in the updates section. Just finished a week of "live-in" - which is the first visit to my post. That's where I'll be stationed for the next two years! 17 Feb, 2007 - First phone call home - talked for hours!
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Lulu Takes Niger: May 2008
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Wow Wow. Wow. when I visited America everyone asked me if I felt culture shock. My answer- not really. I felt like i clicked back into my American self. But this time, after traveling around West Africa? I think my knees are still shaking from the walk! But soooo good to be back in Niger. Made me appreciate Nigeriens. No hassles, no getting ripped off, no one grabbing me as i walk to market. So it's back to speaking zarma and in 2 days back to Babagade. Days on vacation: 26. Cross...
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Lulu Takes Niger: A Culture of Dependency
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008. A Culture of Dependency. I don't know about other third world countries receiving foreign aid, the rest of Africa, or even the rest of Niger. I can only speak for the people I've lived and worked with over the past 2 years. Somehow, the relatively constant stream of money, food, and other types of aid have given the culture a very dangerous sense of entitlement, which has replaced their ability to be productive for themselves. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The views and ...
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Lulu Takes Niger: December 2007
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Friday, December 21, 2007. S'il vous plait HELP! When I left for Niger last january everyone kept asking how they can help out, what they can send, and what they could do for me. So.here it is for ya! My next project is to bring a millet grinder for my village.so I'm asking everyone's help for the money to get it. So it's easy, click here to donate now! So, what will the millet grinder do for the village? So how much to donate? Remember: Santa is coming soon. Monday, December 17, 2007. Its painful as its...
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Lulu Takes Niger: November 2008
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008. He'll be dinner soon. And for today with just a few weeks left a quick reflection of Niger:. Things to Miss about Niger:. Sleeping right under the stars every night. FRIENDS- both peace corps and village friends. Sitting around for hours and talking about.nothing. Walks in the bush. Niger generosity and forgiveness. Having time to do whatever I want. Coming out of the bush after being in for a month and appreciating the smallest of things- running water, showers, cups, plates.
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Lulu Takes Niger: October 2008
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Friday, October 17, 2008. This past weekend 4 other PCVs, a guide/friend and I headed out to Gerewol- which turned out to be one of the coolest cultural experiences I've had in Niger. Wodaabe man putting on makeup. On Friday, we all headed out from Niamey to Abalak on an 11 hour bus ride. When we finally got to Abalak we hopped in an open back truck for about 35k into the bush. Each one of us had loads of questions- we really had no clue as to what Gerewol exactly was until we got there. As we walked aro...
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Lulu Takes Niger: A Goodbye to Babagade
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Monday, December 15, 2008. A Goodbye to Babagade. Unfortunately things ended in a rough way- I had to watch my best friend Kadija forced into marriage and leave the village just a few days before I left. Kadija is a woman I call my sister, literally we don't use each others names she just calls me. My younger sister) and I call her. My last day in the village was Tuesday, so all day villagers were coming to tell me "bye-bye" and just hang out for the last time. How could you leave us, Kadija? To my villa...
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Lulu Takes Niger: How to Make American Food
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Sunday, December 14, 2008. How to Make American Food. The first day there is a big meal in the afternoon which each women in my concession brings a dish. At the end of Ramadan holiday I made lentils, this time I made "American Food". Since my gas ran out, I had to cook it over a 3 rock stove. So here's the recipe:. 2 cups chopped onions. 1/4 cup chopped garlic. 1 large can of tomato paste. 2 small bags dried, pounded cassava. 1/4 cup curry powder. 1/3 cup peanut butter. 1 can of green beans.
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Lulu Takes Niger: Marriage, Divorces, Tampons and more...
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Sunday, November 2, 2008. Marriage, Divorces, Tampons and more. This past week we got back from a 3-day training at ICRISAT- an agricultural research center about 40k from Niamey. Roughly 10 PCVs each took a counterpart from their village- which i actually took the two men I’ve been working extensively with for gum arabic. But all the Nigeriens seemed extremely motivated and interested and hopefully walked away from the training with some new knowledge. Last time I leave tampons sitting out on my table!
