Mali - More pictures from 1/5/09
Hotel La Falaise's Resident Parrot
Breakfast at Hotel La Falaise
Craig is greeted by Kori-Maounde schoolchildren
Tina's video camera is a big hit
Teacher Djeneba Perou and Daniel
Kori-Maounde 1st and 2nd graders
Kori-Maounde 4th graders
Daniel shows school materials
Students water the garden
Taking measurements
Daniel taking measurements
Djeneba Perou and a student
New tools
Oumar Degoga, the mason, marks the perimeter of the new water basin
The men relieve us of our tools and get down to business
Pam is presented with a gourd bowl
Kids measure out where to plant the trees
Digging the water basin
Kids dig holes for planting trees
Girl watering the garden
Girl watering the garden
Digging holes for trees
Children who don't go to school watch through the fence
Tina with the broken pickaxe handle
Girls get in on the act
The water basin gets deeper
Measuring locations for planting
"The Inspector" checks her peers' work
Digging holes for trees
The garden is abuzz with activity
Digging tree holes
Craig digs the trench
Girls pose for the camera
The water basin deepens
Everyone pitches in
The water basin deepens
Kids pose for the camera
Men digging the trench
Kids
Kids deliver rocks for the concrete
Boureima Napo digs the trench
Steph adds compost to the tree holes
Oumar Degoga prepares the concrete for the water basin
The trench gets deeper
Kids add water to the concrete mix
Kori-Maoundi
Kori-Maounde resident with his bicycle
Bahini serves lunch
Ritual pre-meal ablutions
Daniel and his wife Marie
Boureima Napo visits Daniel's house
Bahini takes a siesta
Tina is greeted by a village woman
Oumar Degoga lays the foundation for the water basin
Girl who insisted on using the watering can
Friends
Kids pose for the camera
Kids pose for the camera
A girl practices her English
Tina practices numbers with the kids
Dinner at Hotel La Falaise
Tina's rum and Coke-o-nut of ice