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May 16, 2015 11:01 AM
Older boys in the village play cards in the early afternoon while drinking water and eating white rice. Their confused faces may have been a result of a communication error or it might have been the first time they had been photographed by an iPhone.
May 16, 2015 10:59AM
Three young boys in the village pose for a picture. The central figure holds up “peace signs” influenced by the American rapper posters plastered on several homes. Although not visible in the picture, they were making sling shots.
May 16, 2015 11:48AM
The second’s chief’s wife with a machete in hand after sewing the ground in one of the nearby plantations. She is accompanied by young Cherise in her lilac floral dress with a hola hoop one of the students (Maggie) let her borrow, and an other girl in a bathing suit and jeans sweeping the orange clay ground as a form of recreation.
English lessons with the school children in Massenguelani
ft. Jane, Maya, Carly, Maggie, Taylor
Of course as art students, we have to draw with the children in village!
May 16, 2015
Massenguelani is a village in central Gabon with around 100-200 people. The most prominent language spoken there is French, however other dialects are spoken there as well. It is one of the only villages in that area that is increasing population by people immigrating into the village. Massenguelani is well known for spiritual healing and the Chief, after healing the president of Gabon, received solar power panels.
Stamps school students in collaboration with the Refresh Project worked ten days in the village working on several projects. We built two cookstoves from a group-designed brick-press, an electric fence demonstration from bamboo and a car battery, bee boxes (man-made hives) from found wood, and hand-washing stations from local resources. We also explained that car batteries could be charged using their solar panels and suggested that there could be potential for an inter-village business distributing such batteries. Some of the students also taught some English to the children in the village.
