'Start Early' Schools Event/Competition...

(Seirra Leone - W.A.)


The last major event of the year by Activated Mission.
Weeks of planing, finding sponsorship and organizing, go into a project like this.

The big day...














Prize table and sponsors banner...

Opening teacher's game. :)

Lylee coordinating stuff...

Mercedes pretending to look busy. :P
Jk Mer! (our score-keeper)

Puzzle game!




Charades!!
(The most hilarious/random interpretations. How the kids guessed totally beats me to this day! Must be a Salone thing. lol!!)













Our kiddies performing.. Aww!

One of the 3 school's prizes!

Snack time!

Aaand food time!

Not for the picky/squeamish white man.

We love it! Even our lil' blond kids. ;)

Our awesome volunteers, great help and support.

Bayern Munchen T's for all!

Some volunteers and... Matt, our lone-man-father-of-six-and-extreme-brave-pioneer!

Lili-lolo!

Matt and Mel (the bave mother of the six!) :-o!
With the school directors and some teachers.

My posters!!! Awww!

A thank you to the "Sponsor a book" ...sponsors. :P

Thank you!!!

<=More this way! ;)

School Visit....

(Sierra Leone -West Africa)

One of our sponsors had some guest teachers in the country and wanted the to visit one of our prejetcs. Here we are at the "Triumphant School". Sweet and surprisingly smart kids.

Hearing stories about the cold north and
a mysterious thing called "snow". Heh!

Aw they visitors bought books for the kids. sweet! :)
Dav with the kids...

Our popular "It's bubbling" song


YAY!!! So fun to see my art up and "running" at the schools... Great job guys!

They made it! :D

CUTE!!! ("Aunty, snap me, snap me!")

Posing. :)

(Lol! I love this fat bobo's dimples.)

Rio-São Paulo-Dakar-Freetown...

...Starting off with a bus trip from Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo to catch a plane to Dakar... to catch my next plane to Freetown, Sierra Leone! :)



Promising sunset...
front view from top deck of the bus.

A very original plane shot :P (Senegal)

The rarity of yummy plane food!

Same place first landed in Africa 5 yrs ago!

What are friends for...













...without them I would have to spend 28 hrs in a horrid airport till my next flight!

I had a great stopover, Senegalese seafood, new friends, and stayed in a beautiful house...












(And they EVEN had the same book I was reading lying around!)

Time to get moving again...

Once you arrive at the Sierra Leone National Airport you'd think all is over...

...Wrong again! You still need to get across the bay by boat, helicopter or hevercraft .
(if it's working) ...That's me in the chopper :D!

Yes! Finally made it!!!

(And what do you know- My creole still works enough to blend in and not get ripped off like a 'JC' :P)



More pics coming soon!

Last days of Brazilness...

After Christmas is "said and done" time to really relax...












BBQ and Beer.. what more could one want?

...'El bum' relaxing like he deserves. :)

Gonna miss this beautiful house and ppl.