Visiting family. He was very scared of me.
Visiting family.
The tailor next to Fanang Diatla, who makes school uniforms and fixes old clothes. The woman who works there even fixed a hole in my pants for free.
Where the men go to get their hair cut. The difference between saloon and salon needs to be clarified here.
Strangers who asked for their photo to be taken.
The local office for the ANC political party.
The local supermarket, which stocks basic things... good for peanut butter, corn flakes and such.
The general dealer, which has an excellent selection of soda and chips. Mmm.
My host sister Irene, back from Pretoria.
The maize field outside my room at night.
Close up on the maize.
The tribal office, where the chief sits and where my host mother has worked as tribal secretary for over 25 years.
The new place of safety being built for Fanang Diatla.
Knowledge, my supervisor.
Fresh mangoes growing in our yard.
My family's house. My room is in the back.
My neighbors.
Part of my village, from a small hill nearby.
View into the mountains over my village.
Children playing with legos.
A soccer game between my organization's team and another local team.
My room (table with books and food; clothes and bucket-bath underneath).
My room (hot plates, oven and kettle).
My room (new map).
The giant millipede from outside my room.
Handing out certificates at a primary school end of year celebration.
Sitting in the back of a truck with my supervisor asleep to the right.
Clouds peaking over the mountains in my village.
The soccer field in Success (a neighborhood of my village).
Boys playing soccer at a Love Life Games event for a nearby municipality (we visited to get ideas for our local event).
Girls playing netball at a Love Life Games event for a nearby municipality (we visited to get ideas for our local event).
My supervisor Knowledge and his son at a Love Life Games event for a nearby municipality (we visited to get ideas for our local event). The weather was not ideal for sports.