Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Basketball Tournament

On Sunday, we held a basketball tournament in Linguere. It was the culmination of a series monthly clinics beginning in December, 2009. Teams of middle school girls and boys from Barkedji, Linguere and Ouarkhokh participated.

Everything went really well. Finally, after 6 months, all of the transportation headaches were worked out. Though at first Peace Corps volunteers led the clinics, by the end the Linguere gym teachers successfully facilitated the clinics and tournament, which is kind of the development ideal. And I was amazed at how much the kids' skills have improved in the last 6 months.

Pictures below.











We still haven't gotten internet transferred to the new house in Linguere, so hopefully I'll get back to posting regularly once that gets worked out.

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