Now in addition to meeting a prince in Region Nine, I've also met a princess. She's the runner-up for Miss Guyana, and she was introduced to me as the Region Nine Princess when we met. I don't know much about pageants or "modeling" as it's called here, but it's a big thing throughout Guyana. Secondary school girls go through this at almost every school function, which as an American, can be very uncomfortable.
Anyways, Manisha had started, as her community initiative, a garden project just outside of Lethem. She wanted to address food security issues in the region, as well as getting kids involved and teaching them about healthy living. Steven had met her and volunteered to come out and help, and she invited all of the other Peace Corps Volunteers in the area to tag along too, so Steven recruited the rest of us. Steven, Connor (both Education volunteers), Chris (a Health volunteer) and I all showed up, and had a fun day teaching about spacing plants, compost, fertilizer, and dirt.
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| Photo by Manisha |
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| Photo by Chris |
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| Also by Chris (he's much funnier than I am) |
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