Things are still going well here, this is the first time in a while that I have spent an extended period of time at post. I did the radio show with Brian for the first time yesterday. We talked about keeping water clean, planting trees and micro-finance all in Zarma/Dendi which is the local language of our area. I got to pick the music and I played some Rihanna, some stupid hipster music and some French Canadian rap. Afterwards we were walking back to the house of another volunteer and some guys in a shop said ‘Hey! We just heard you on the radio!’ so it was nice to know that people are actually listening and enjoy it.
Here are a few pictures:
Another thing that is happening right now is that the Niger River has reached its highest level in 100 years. Around Malanville/Gaya very few people live on the river so not too many homes are flooded but a lot of people plant crops on the banks and so their fields are flooded. Niger is already facing a food crisis because of a couple consecutive years of drought and now that it has rained it has rained too much.
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