A few weeks ago (yep, I've taken a bit of time away from the blog) I went back to Tchale Village to visit with Village Headman Tchale and his family. We wandered into the fields to check on the maize, groundnuts, tobacco, and other crops. Despite the rains coming a little later than usual VH Tchale's crops were all growing well. VH Tchale believes that the year will be good to him (he'll be able to make money by selling some maize and tobacco), and he's hoping to put a new tin roof on his house.While I was there we chatted, ate some roasted groundnuts (delicious!), I took a lot of photos for people (I've given out some of the ones I took on my earlier visits and now my camera is in demand), and I helped Chifundo with some homework (math).
Next time a bit more about tobacco.
AM - Did you get a chance to show him the Annual Report, I cant remember?
ReplyDeleteAwesome post - love hearing more about this story I think Tchale is a pretty interesting place.
More posts! I always love reading them!
Allison
Thanks for the update Anna-Marie. I will have to read back into your blog to find out more about Chifundo, but is he in school in Tchale? what level? and how is that going for him?
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Thanks for the comments!
ReplyDeleteI haven't shown Tchale the annual report yet... I just got a copy myself (I've been doing a fair bit of traveling for work). I'll probably take him a copy next weekend.
Chifundo is the equivalent of Grade 10 or 11 I think. He's pretty smart. He's interested many interesting things. He rewired a flashlight into a lamp for the house (complete with a wall switch)!
I will do my best to keep the posts coming. Hope you guys are having a great Easter! =0)