2008-12-12
Betsy Welcoming Party
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Lisa and Jordan
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Jillian and Betsy
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Jillian and Lisa
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Mike and Joey
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Betsy and Brett - CHEERS
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Betsy and Brett - CHEERS
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
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Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Lisa and Betsy
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
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Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Jess, , Betsy
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Jeff and Betsy
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Linsey and Neil
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Party Table
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Jillian, Jill, and Betsy
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Steph and Brett
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Jill and Betsy
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Linsey and Neil
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
Cheese for Charity?
Cheers for Charity @ BARNA
2008-10-26
Ndebele Village
Located 90 minutes from Jo'burg, about 30 minutes from Pretoria, the Ndebele tribe was relocated to the city of Mapoch during apartheid, and this is where they settled...
Ndebele Village
Day 1: Building Solar Cookers
The Guh-Gohs Watch (grandmothers)
Fencey (Bart Simpson meets Chuckie)
In every village, there's a Fenster with a slingshot
Ndebele kids
they helped all day as we prepared the food for the afternoon feast
Cutting pumpkin slices
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Betsy and Tubon food prep
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Kids at the water tap
this is 1 of 2 water taps in the entire village
Tubon shakes up the Chacalaca
Tubon shakes on
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Rope swing
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Ndebele kids
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Rope swing 2
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Rope swing 3
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Jacaranda tree
these beautiful purple trees were recently stopped from being planted in S.A. because they need an excessive amount of water
Making Pap
These women are making Pap, a traditional starchy dish (like grits or mashed potatos) that is the foundation of many diets in all of Africa.
Making Pap 2
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Making Pap
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Rope Swing
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Homebrew
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Yes please
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Hooray beer
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Jeremy from Voluntours
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Ndebele House
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Betsy and the Ndebele women
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Betsy takes out the trash
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Brett and the kids
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and feeds it to the goats
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Maria at Ria's Tavern
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Bar Menu
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Dance off
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Marnie, Maria, and Jeremy
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Brett and the Guh-Gohs
we met with the elders to discuss the use of our solar cookers, how they liked the food, and the pros and cons for them
Solar Cooking feast
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Tubon
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The Guh-Gohs Eat Solar
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Ndebele kids
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Jessica
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BnB and Solar Cookers
posing in front of a 'store bought" solar cooker, to the right are the ones we made
Betsy and Onlooker
not everyone was completely sold that we could feed a village using the sun
Brett and Tubon
posing in front of the solar cooker I made
Celebrating our Success
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BnB with Ndebele Kids
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Peter the Pastor and Brett
taken in front of the bike track used to train the first ever Ndebele racing team coached by Peter with bikes donated from the UK
Brett and Kids
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Ndebele Kids
the sweetest kids you've ever met
Cute Boy w/ Alex's Solar Cooker
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Brett and Ndebele Kids
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Betsy at the Salon
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Feeding the Kids
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Ndebele Pre-school built by Voluntours
Voluntours (Marnie and Jeremy) started a new pre-school.
Ndebele Pre-school
Playground donated by the community, and Voluntours is installing a water tower on top of the new cement stand on the right.
BnB at Sunset
standing on the soccer field that was cleared by Voluntours. Now in only there second season they have 12 teams from local areas that play in a league.
African Sunset
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African Sunset
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The Next Ndebele Boy Band
taken at the Bokosamo bike project "office" where all the kids hang out, play pool, and receive good advice from Peter the Pastor
Bokamoso Bicycle Project HQ
Peter the Pastor's shop is now the headquarters for the Bike Project started by a former Voluntours member, it lives on through Peter, Marnie, Jeremy and the community of Ndebele
Bokamoso Kids
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Teamwork can Achieve
Marnie and Jeremy(left), Peter(center), Bike Team members (Marcus, bottom), Brett and Betsy (right)