Culture Experienced

Harry and Joan explain the process of tie dye clothes in town and Harry writes about a dinner gathering to welcome the new doctor. It is still very hot as the school continues to prepare for sports days.

Joan writes home about helping at one of the primary schools in the town. We have a discussion about how the school system is setup in Kamakwie. Joan also writes about the new physician and the lorry accident from previous episodes.

In this episode the boys are busy with their friends building huts and in the Boy Scouts. Preparations continue for the much anticipated sports days and the newest physician must learn fast to make due with the local resources. 

In this episode we learn of a tragic accident that strikes a local community. We also learn about transportation in the local community and how locals transport their goods.

In this episode we learn what happens when the septic tank is blocked. Farmers are beginning to burn their fields to prepare for the next planting season and the boys help out.

In this episode another physician comes to town to assist the hospital. Harry and Joan explain how patients are fed and why it's important to have family around to help while you're in the hospital. Finally, Ross and Kyle try their hand at farming.

The family visits a Peace Corps friend in the village of Fintonia, Bob Barad. To this day Bob is still involved in supporting Africa and is involved in the World Food Program.

We are also visited by Geza Teleki who is worked to establish a wildlife refuge.

Follow this link to learn more about Geza Telecki and his efforts in Sierra Leone's Wildlife Conservation Movement.

In this episode students are away at an agriculture fair. The family buys meat from a cow brought to the house. Joan helps deliver twins and we make plans to visit a peace corps friend. We learn about a book "THE REDEEMED SAY SO Stories of Witnessing Christians Sierra Leone by Marie Lind" which had been written about Kamakwie.

In this episode Harry talks about covering detention at the school. He also describes the celebrations from the female secret society. 

In this episode Joan helps to run an under 5 clinic and we learn what happens when the Doctor is not in town. Harry is frustrated by sports practice while the school prepares for a major event.