This house was build by Habitat for Humanity
The Habitat-built house, beside the mud huts which make up most of the village
An aptly-named store in one of the villages I visited
The biggest baobab I've seen so far. I wish I'd taken it with a person for scale... it was probably five meters in diameter!
The foot-powered loom. They also spin their own thread with spinning wheels.
The football NGO. I really like this organization for some reason.
Inside the structure that is supposed to house the source of the village's water supply.
Where the pump should go for the water supply.
Where the village is currently getting its water.
The beginning of the empty pipe that leads up to the village.
Two of the women from the cooperative (and their soap)
Kids who gathered at the window to see the strangers
The youth group has been able to secure outside funding
A sea turtle!
Staring at sea turtles!
The sign for the sea turtle aquarium
Cute kids at the first madrasa we visited, playing on their playground equipment made almost entirely from recycled local items (an attempt to achieve sustainability)
The first madrasa we visited, called Madrasa Zamzam
More cute kids in bright uniforms
Christina conducting the baseline survey.
Inside one of the madrasas
More improvised playground equipment
One of the villages I visited for work this week.
Play cooking
Two of the madrasas we visited had a sandbox and a water pool to play in
A few boys kept creeping nearer to me to try and get a glimpse of me and my laptop as I sat on this balcony entering data. But when I tried to take a photo, they hid!
This madrasa has received funding from a big pharmaceutical company to improve hygiene for the children; they must wash their hands before eating, and they only drink boiled water. All the madrasas attempt to educate the children and their parents as to the importance of hygiene and clean drinking water.
More survey action, and note the pouring rain.
A very wet chicken.
This is the clinic we visited on Friday.
The clinic does outreach workshops on things like STDs, drug and alcohol abuse, contraception, etc. in schools in the neighbourhood. This is a remedial high school for people who weren't able to complete high school the first time around (due to lack of funds, unexpected pregnancy, etc.)
