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| Prepping Gmelina tree seeds with host brothers |
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| Our family's new puppy "Jack" |
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| Colette enjoying the puppy while it's young |
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| Our host brother Sam receiving his "Best Science Student" award this year |
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| It's mango season here! |
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| Sam with his award. We are very proud of him. |
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| Colette with our friend Kassa. She's the new Deputy Head Girl at school. |
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| Our cat only drinks water from buckets. She's spoiled. |
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| The youth beekeepers received their new beesuits! |
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| The hut I sleep in every week while beekeeping. |
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| The NGO I work at 2 days a week. |
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| Bottling fresh honey for resale. |
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| Me. |
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| Bintou (our host sister) and I are preparing "soso" for lunch. |
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| Mariama pounding cardamom pods to put in home made soap. |
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| Cute baby. |
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| Colette whisking soap mixture. |
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| Me whisking body butter mixture. |
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| The group is proud of their home made beeswax and honey soap and body butter. |
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| More soap making. |
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| Hive building. |
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| The youth with their new bee "catch boxes." |
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| The group with their hives! |
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| At Abuko nature reserve. |
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| Abuko nature reserve. It's a hyena! |
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| In Cape Verde making sangria in the bathroom. We're classy budget travelers. |
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| Cape Verde's black sand beach. |
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| One of Cape Verde's many shipwrecks. |
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| We match! |
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| One student with her Earleaf Acacia that she has been taking care of. |
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| In Basse Santa Su. |
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| We used to eat by candlelight...now we have electricity! |
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| A fellow Peace Corps Volunteer's beautiful hut. |
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| One of two bathtubs we've seen in our village. The other one is in a pig sty. |
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| Wedding feast called Benecin! |
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| We made grass hives. |
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| A local "griot" musician played the kora at our host sister's wedding. |
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