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Collection	Volunteer Photos
Photo Title	The Good Guest
Photo Description	This photo was taken in November of 2005, in Jidr El Mohghuen, Mauritania. As a new volunteer, one of the most difficult things to adjust to was how to be a "good guest" when getting to know new families. The midwesterner in me demanded that I help out with lunch. This distressed my hosts a great deal, when I came to visit I was taken in to the best room, given a pillow and a cushion on the floor, and implored to lay down and rest. Eventually, with a few host families, I was familiar enough to lose the "guest" status, and be allowed to fetch water and help out at mealtimes. But in the early months I spent a lot of time alone in this room, watching my grandmother prepare lunch, just me, and the chicken.
Contributor	Amy Conley
Region	Africa Region
Country of Service	Mauritania
Service Dates (Beginning)	2005
Service Dates (Ending)	2007
Sector	Environment
Decade	2000s
Keywords	host families Culture shock and adaptation
Resource Type	Photo
Format	JPG
Date created	2011-09-13

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