Blogs about: Rural Africa

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Bicycles Delivered to Children’s Home Cidadela das Crianças

mozambikesblog wrote 3 weeks ago: Last week, Mozambikes donated bicycles to the Cidadela das Criancas, a home for children in a rural … more →

Tags: Events, Mozambique, Donations, donate bicycles, Africa, cycling in africa, Education, bicycles, Donate

It's a different world out there.

sadyebutler wrote 2 months ago: Sometimes it’s so easy to forget how poor Malawians really are, especially after spending a co … more →

Tags: ~My Journey~, Volunteering Abroad, Malawi, Africa, Lilongwe, Money, rich, Poor People, Problems

TV's White Spaces Connecting Rural Africa

goodblacknews wrote 3 months ago: Wide open spaces: Projects like the one in Nanyuki could let people in the more remote areas connect … more →

Tags: News, business,finance, INTERNATIONAL, technology, New Media/Internet, Education, Africa, Kenya, Small Business

I just had to share...

wanderingjess wrote 4 months ago: As I was cleaning and organizing today I came across this picture of Jarrett when he a Peace Corps V … more →

Tags: Africa, Kenya, peace corps, kids

Another firsthand lesson in development

wanderingjess wrote 4 months ago: I love random, early morning walks.  These early morning walks, especially in more rural areas, are … more →

Tags: Ethiopia, Africa, General Travel, Development in Africa, Economic Development, Travel, Education, Women, Culture

Smile.

wanderingjess wrote 4 months ago: All credit for this picture goes to my husband Jarrett. … more →

Tags: Ethiopia, Africa, ethiopian orthodox, Aksum, Travel, Photography, travel photography, Women

A small afternoon: photos5 comments

wanderingjess wrote 4 months ago: School in Lalibela   Lalibela Gate to the school Stalls selling chocolates and small souvenirs … more →

Tags: Ethiopia, Africa, General Travel, Development in Africa, Economic Development, Aksum, Travel, Photography, travel photography

A small afternoon.

wanderingjess wrote 4 months ago: Whew!  The past few weeks have been incredibly busy with the conclusion of my semester (5 semesters … more →

Tags: Ethiopia, Africa, General Travel, ethiopian orthodox, Development in Africa, Economic Development, Aksum, Travel, Wander

Please accept my apologies...and this picture

wanderingjess wrote 5 months ago: As you may or may not know, I am in my third year of a PhD program.  I am in an Africology program w … more →

Tags: Ethiopia, Africa, genocide, Aksum, Travel, Photography, travel photography, Women

The ferry

wanderingjess wrote 5 months ago: Bahir Dar:  In order to visit Ethiopia’s famous Blue Nile Falls, one must be ready to go down … more →

Tags: Ethiopia, Africa, General Travel, Bahir Dar, Development in Africa, Economic Development, Travel, Photography, travel photography

Education in rural Ethiopia (or me on my soapbox, again)

wanderingjess wrote 6 months ago: I should know by now that when Moiz says a trip will take seven or eight hours that in reality it wi … more →

Tags: Ethiopia, Africa, General Travel, Development in Africa, Economic Development, Travel, Education

"I'll be playing my party!"

jleitzel wrote 7 months ago: I think one of my favorite quotes of the year came this past weekend, as one man in rural Zimbabwe w … more →

Tags: Churches, Hope College, outreach, christian leadership training

The value of education in Tanzania1 comment

kirstinjcook wrote 10 months ago: By: Christine Shaneberger Benitha, a recipient of educational aid from AIDS Control Program, stands … more →

Tags: Social Servces, Tanzania, orphans, Karagwe, Education, Aids Control Program, AIDS, Orphans, Education 2

Donkey carts: The 4x4s of rural Namibia1 comment

gondwanatravel wrote 11 months ago: Although you may think that mini-bus taxis, buses and bakkies are the modern means of transport in a … more →

Tags: tourism expo, donkey carts, gondwana collection namibia, gondwana, western namibia, Travel, Transportation, donkey cart, Namibian interior

Rural African woman3 comments

marietjiemsteyn wrote 12 months ago: … more →

Tags: book illustration, Illustration, Marietjie Steyn, Illustrator Pretoria, Adult African woman, African agriculture, sifting wheat and chaff

The Mucavela Homestead2 comments

Shula Kale'a wrote 1 year ago: Mr and Mrs Mucavela are my parents friends. Mr Mucavela (pronounced Mukavela) is a freelance archite … more →

Tags: Mozambique, Photography, Travel, Mozambique, cattle, rural life, Rural Living

Elizabeth's Itezhi-Tezhi Trip Report2 comments

jleitzel wrote 1 year ago: Today we have a guest author contributing to the blog—Elizabeth, age 8, is telling her own story abo … more →

Tags: kids say, Africa moments, Homeschool, Homeschooling, Creative Writing

1500 England meets rural Africa at a watering hole

youhavemyword wrote 1 year ago: I wrote this piece a few weeks ago, and found it again today. Here’s a little humour (I hope) … more →

Tags: Bits and Pieces, Lifestyle, Coffee, Laugh, Nature, Travel, South Africa, Tea, World

POST-COLONIAL RURAL AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

earthblood wrote 1 year ago: … more →


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