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From Student Government Elections--Primary School Sherkin Haoussa

I'm sorry it's been so long without a new update. Things around here have been really busy. In December my parents came for a visit. I've organized the election and installation of a student government at the two schools in my village. I've uploaded pictures from both of those and you can see them here and here.

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I'm working with the headmaster of the college (middle school) on a collection of folk tales from his region of Niger, near the Burkina Faso border, and I'll be posting them up as I progress through that.

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This is the third attempt to type this. Each time either the power goes out or things are moving so slow that it makes sitting around typing very frustrating. Also, the heat doesn't help me want to sit around and sweat while typing.

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One side project I'm working on is turning biomass waste into charcoal. Lachlan, another volunteer who lives near me, and I are running our first attempts in our "kiln" when I get back from Burkina. I'll let you know how that goes.

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Now I'm getting ready to go on vacation to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso for the FESPACO film festival. I know that's not really good enough for a 3 month blogging hiatus. But, I hope y'all are doing well.