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    • Fulani Young Women Holding Their Twin Dolls

    • Fulani Young Women Holding Their Twin Dolls

    • Maternal and child health

    • The Fulani, or Peuhl, live in villlages and farms of northern and Central Togo. These young women are sedentary, have huts, grow crops, and could potentially attend school whereas other Fulani are completely nomadic. They are holding twin dolls....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Tiny Market of Beignets and Tchouk Beer

    • Tiny Market of Beignets and Tchouk Beer

    • Markets; Food and meals

    • This is a tiny market on Wednesday afternoon in Affem Kabye. The women make beignets and beer to sell to the men after they come home from the fields. Women also drink the locally brewed millet beer. This market is so small that women do not even...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • I Want Silky Hair Like Naka, our Volunteer

    • I Want Silky Hair Like Naka, our Volunteer

    • Children

    • These children had never seen a white person until I arrived. They were always touching the hair on my head and arms. They liked the silkiness of my hair. Margueritte wanted hair like Naka's, so she put corn silk on her head so her hair would be...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Charring the Pig

    • Charring the Pig

    • Food and meals; Cooking

    • Affem Kabye, Tchamba prefecture, Central region, Togo Henou (Patrice) and his wife Joselyn Pig slaughter. After slaughtering the pig with a knife, Henou charred the pig on a fire to burn the hair and skin, and then his wife Joselyn prepares it....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Pig Slaughter

    • Pig Slaughter

    • Animals; Host community friends

    • Affem Kabye, Tchamba prefecture, Central region, Togo 1995-8 Pictured are Henou (Patrice) and his wife Joselyn.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Naka Pounding Yams

    • Naka Pounding Yams

    • Cooking; Food and meals

    • The Kabye people of northern Togo are famous for their huge yams. Village women share their way of making fufu, which is eaten with a variety of different sauces. A favorite in the photographer’s village of Affem Kabye was ground peanut, sesame,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Kabye Yam Mounds

    • Kabye Yam Mounds

    • Gardens; Agriculture

    • Kabye of northern Togo are famous for their gigantic yams. They take great pride in the size of their yam mounds and the enormous size of their yams. The best way to prepare yams is to make fufu. After boiling the yams, women put them in a large...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Coming of Age Ceremony Among Kabye of Togo

    • Coming of Age Ceremony Among Kabye of Togo

    • Ceremonies; Celebrations

    • Evala is the traditional wrestling ceremony that takes place every 5 years among the Kabye of Togo. Evala is part of the male coming of age ceremony/events. The guys must catch a dog, slaughter it, prepare it and eat it. They also make hats with...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Cotton harvest in Affem Kabye

    • Cotton harvest in Affem Kabye

    • Transportation; Agriculture

    • Cotton is a major cash crop in Affem Kabye. Villagers transport their cotton on cattle carts to the village's market area and for the next 7-10 days, and weigh their cotton and load it onto enormous trucks. One year the truck laden with cotton,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baby's Bath Time

    • Baby's Bath Time

    • Water and sanitation; Maternal and child health

    • Bath time. This is how Kabye village women give their baby a bath. Lots of water and soap. The babies normally scream.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Dancing as Part of Male Coming of Age

    • Dancing as Part of Male Coming of Age

    • Ceremonies; Traditional dress

    • Evala is the traditional wrestling ceremony that takes place every 5 years among the Kabye of Togo. Evala is part of the male coming of age ceremony/events. The guys must catch a dog, slaughter it, prepare it and eat it. They also make hats with...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Evala Wrestling in Affem Kabye, Togo

    • Evala Wrestling in Affem Kabye, Togo

    • Ceremonies

    • Evala is the traditional wrestling ceremony that takes place every 5 years among the Kabye of Togo. Evala is part of the male coming of age ceremony/events. The guys must catch a dog, slaughter it, prepare it and eat it. They also make hats with...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Health Education- Why We Weigh Babies

    • Health Education- Why We Weigh Babies

    • Maternal and child health

    • On a monthly basis, the community health Volunteers who worked at the "Case de Sante" (health hut) would conduct baby weighings using the salter scale in the photo. We would weigh the children aged 5 and under. This is part of routine growth...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • We Got Vaccinated!!!

    • We Got Vaccinated!!!

    • Medicine; Children

    • Vaccination day is a busy day at the "Case de Sante" (health hut) in Affem Kabye, Togo. The health hut did not have refrigeration so we did not stock vaccinations. Instead the health workers from the Hopsital in Tchamba (20 km away) would send us...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Baby Weighing

    • Baby Weighing

    • Maternal and child health

    • Henou (Patrice) is a community health Volunteer. On a monthly basis, weather permitting (in other words, it wasn't raining), we would bike to the villages & farms surrounding Affem Kabye and weigh the children aged 5 and under. This is part of...
    • Volunteer Photos

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