Turning the Page
I’ll miss the Peace Corps, but I’m giddy to move forward.
Tag Archives: Peace Corps
Moringa Association launches!
This has been my primary Peace Corps project for the last two years.
Benin’s #1 Softball Team
Coached by Peace Corps volunteers, the Ouessè Wildcats are Benin’s best (and, incidentally, the only) softball team.
CyclingNews in Benin
As a former bicycle racer, I was intrigued one day by the sight of a young cyclist dodging potholes and mopeds on the congested streets of Cotonou.
Femmes Au Pouvoir!
International Women’s Day is March 8th, 2010.
In celebration, Fiydafrik proudly presents his first music video: Femmes Au Pouvoir (“Women in Power”)
New Neighborhood
Big changes on the Peace Corps front…. I’ve moved to Parakou – metropolitan heartbeat of the north country. After months of planning the Moringa Association of Benin, it looks like we’re set to launch the NGO this spring. To facilitate our launch and get started on developing the market for moringa leaves, I need to [...]
changing the world
It’s tough to change the world in a mere two years of peace corps service, but we did our best on this world map. Pakistan grew out of proportion, Russia extends into outer space, and Switzerland is a peculiar blob (not entirely unrealistic). A couple other volunteers joined me to help the kids of my [...]
Village Miscellany
My favorite tea shop. You can get black tea, chocolate tea, or coffee tea (nescafe). For munchies, there is bread, and mayonnaise. Sometimes scrambled eggs. The smiley guy who runs this place is one of my good village buddies, but I don’t know his name. Everybody just calls him Tea Man. Outside the tea shop. [...]
What’s Christoph Doing?
DISCLAIMER – NO PHOTOS in this post. I tend to favor photographs, but if the old adage holds true, and a picture is indeed worth a thousand words, then this should be worth about a picture and a half. My good friends Ross and Andrew of the American Festivals Project dropped me an important question [...]
The Pulaku Project
