I do not know if you all remember from my January Etude blog entry that I was asked to go out to ASUDEC villages and take photos of their success stories. Well I thought I would share some of the photos with you. Just a couple snapshots of Burkinabe living.
January 16, 2009: This is what a village pump looks like. Women wait for hours to get water for their house. They line up their buckets and basins to be filled with water and then carry them back to their houses. A lot of time women or children have to walk a mile or more to get water. If a pump is not working then they have to go to another pump in village and wait. As you can see in the photo the girl is jumping up and down on levers to pump out the water. Imagine how many hours and manpower is used and how it is an inefficient use of time and energy, but sadly there is no other way.
January 23, 2009: A Burkinabe Family feeding their chickens. ASUDEC trains farmers on animal well-being, on the construction of shelters for animals, feeding, animal and human nutrition, manure use for organic fertilizer, forage production and conservation, and environmental stewardship and the sustainability of agriculture and animal husbandry.
January 23, 2009: An example of a Burkinabe house in the village. Cooking is normally done outside in a courtyard like this.
January 23, 2009: This weird thing pictured is what families store their grain in. It is not 100% reliable that it will keep out animals, insects, or water. It is made out of mud.
January 23, 2009: One of the little girls I took photos of with the animals. I do not think I saw her smile one time.
January 23, 2009: Burkinabe do not smile when their photo is taken.
January 23, 2009: My favorite photo I took during my entire visit with ASUDEC. It was not even for them I took it for me. I got to talking to this older lady and she was so nice, so I asked her if she minded if I took her photo. It is not very often that you meet elderly people here in Burkina Faso since the life expectancy is in the 40s. I thought her face was so expressive and if I spoke her local language I bet she would have so many stories to tell. Ohh if I were a painter.
January 23, 2009: These boys where so jolly and happy to have their photos taken. I love how I was able to frame in the ASUDEC sign in the background. I do not know why the kid of the rights head is shaved like that.
January 23, 2009: We are walking back to our car. We had this caravan of kids following us as we went out into the bush. We were our about 8km from the paved road to take photos.
January 23, 2009: Most of these kids have no clothes on or at least no pants. All they wear are their prayer beads wrapped around their bellies. They were really excited though to see me, and my camera though.
January 23, 2009: We stopped because there was an accident on the paved road. We were just seeing if we could help. They use tree branches as caution markers. A child was struck and I have no clue what happened to them. There are no ambulances and the nearest place for medical help is 20km away. SCARY
January 24, 2009: Another example of a Burkinabe house.
January 24, 2009: A really friendly a cute boy.
January 26, 2009: I tried some different color effects as I was waiting around.
January 26, 2009: Adorable
January 16, 2009: This is what a village pump looks like. Women wait for hours to get water for their house. They line up their buckets and basins to be filled with water and then carry them back to their houses. A lot of time women or children have to walk a mile or more to get water. If a pump is not working then they have to go to another pump in village and wait. As you can see in the photo the girl is jumping up and down on levers to pump out the water. Imagine how many hours and manpower is used and how it is an inefficient use of time and energy, but sadly there is no other way. 
January 23, 2009: A Burkinabe Family feeding their chickens. ASUDEC trains farmers on animal well-being, on the construction of shelters for animals, feeding, animal and human nutrition, manure use for organic fertilizer, forage production and conservation, and environmental stewardship and the sustainability of agriculture and animal husbandry. 
January 23, 2009: An example of a Burkinabe house in the village. Cooking is normally done outside in a courtyard like this.
January 23, 2009: This weird thing pictured is what families store their grain in. It is not 100% reliable that it will keep out animals, insects, or water. It is made out of mud. 
January 23, 2009: One of the little girls I took photos of with the animals. I do not think I saw her smile one time. 
January 23, 2009: Burkinabe do not smile when their photo is taken. 
January 23, 2009: My favorite photo I took during my entire visit with ASUDEC. It was not even for them I took it for me. I got to talking to this older lady and she was so nice, so I asked her if she minded if I took her photo. It is not very often that you meet elderly people here in Burkina Faso since the life expectancy is in the 40s. I thought her face was so expressive and if I spoke her local language I bet she would have so many stories to tell. Ohh if I were a painter. 
January 23, 2009: These boys where so jolly and happy to have their photos taken. I love how I was able to frame in the ASUDEC sign in the background. I do not know why the kid of the rights head is shaved like that. 
January 23, 2009: We are walking back to our car. We had this caravan of kids following us as we went out into the bush. We were our about 8km from the paved road to take photos. 
January 23, 2009: Most of these kids have no clothes on or at least no pants. All they wear are their prayer beads wrapped around their bellies. They were really excited though to see me, and my camera though. 
January 23, 2009: We stopped because there was an accident on the paved road. We were just seeing if we could help. They use tree branches as caution markers. A child was struck and I have no clue what happened to them. There are no ambulances and the nearest place for medical help is 20km away. SCARY
January 24, 2009: Another example of a Burkinabe house.
January 24, 2009: A really friendly a cute boy.
January 26, 2009: I tried some different color effects as I was waiting around.
January 26, 2009: Adorable
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