By Merritt Frey, Executive Director
Whenever we go to Mali, we come back with hundreds...thousands...of great photos. We share the photos of our students, schools, and teachers with you all throughout the year and I hope you enjoy seeing your donations at work.
This Friday though, I thought I'd share a few of the more candid shots of life in Mali that show perhaps a bit more of what life is like outside of the schoolroom. I hope you'll see some of the beauty of real life in Mali.
A trip to the market is full of all the colors, smells, and sounds you would imagine.
If you like fabrics -- or just a riot of color -- you'll be very happy indeed.
Inside a typical small-town shop.
There are kids EVERYWHERE you look in the market.
Brooms on sale!
It isn't hard to catch girls laughing in the school yard...
Beautiful pots.
A corner marker in the "big" town of Ouelessebougou.
How one transports just about anything in Mali.
A typical wall along a town street.
Teachers making tea in the school yard while on a break.
Buying milk in the market.
Oh the hard-working donkeys of Mali!
Fried dough from a friend's auntie? Well yes please!
Lunch for the Mali Rising team.
Cattle on the move.
Goats rule Mali.
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