This is a photo I took while writing in my journal in a dark hotel in Gbadolite. I was writing about how content I was to be in that dark, dirty place. Because it was real. It’s the way people really live near the lowest levels of poverty. Actually, they live in mud huts just …
This woman, pictured to the left is my favorite woman. Ok, one of them. I have many. But THIS woman is special. Her name is Nelly Pamba and she is the head nurse at Kawadje Health Center outside of Gbadolite, Nord Ubangi. Her village had no health center and she knew they needed one. So what …
Seriously, there was something about the utter lack of comforts in this hotel, Chez Yege in Gabdolite, that made my just add boiled water meals from REI taste so good, even when cooked next to this disgusting toilet. My favorite was the Mac N Cheese. Duh. I was cooking this meal next to the shower (which consisted of …
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That’s where I am right now. And this place scares me. After leaving this mega-consumerist bubble we call ‘Merica, dropping myself back into a place like Mansfield, Texas is a culture shock to the extreme. It’s got all the most generic shops, all the chain restaurants. Everything is just so fake. It’s like a propaganda …
There was a convent called Pangoma where we hosted all of our trainings for both malaria and communications activities. The convent was either a 20-minute drive from our field office in Gbadolite or a 30-minute walk through a quiet little village. More often than not I opted for the peaceful walks through the village. Most times I would bring my …
This is a photo I took in Nord Ubangi while working on a bed net campaign. I passed by one of the health centers we renovated to snap some photos and found these two lovely ladies recuperating from something. I have no idea what because they didn’t speak French and I still don’t speak Lingala, …