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


