Candace Ganger at the
Misadventures of Candyland is raising money today for Joy2theWorld. (
Joy2theWorld empowers business women (and their children) in Ghana, Africa by providing micro loans they can invest in their business.) To reach her goal, she needs just one dollar from each of her followers, although bigger donations are certainly welcome!
If you don't follow Candace, please visit her blog today and join. She's talented, funny, gorgeous, and I've never ever read one of her blog posts that I didn't thoroughly enjoy. And while you're there, show your support for her fundraising efforts. It's amazing what just one dollar can do in the Third World. I know. I've been there.
I thought, since Candace is raising money for Ghanan women and children, that I would share a couple of my Peace Corps pictures with you. For those who don't know, I was a volunteer in the Central African Republic from 1994 to 1996. The following pictures are just to give you a glimpse into where I lived, and in another post (that will take more preparation time than I have today :D) I'll show you photos from my project there.
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Can you find me? This was near the end of our intensive 3-month in-country training. See the only guy in a green shirt? I'm two rows back from him, standing behind the girl with a dark baseball cap on.
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The front of my little mud brick house.
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Inside, my desk where I worked on my project and my art.
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| Me, cooking in my kitchen. I brought all those spices from home, btw. |
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| With my friend Chantal and her little girl. Chantal was a business woman who sold cafe au lait and fresh beignets at a makeshift stand on the side of the road leading to the hospital. She is the kind of entrepreneurial woman who would benefit from fundraisers like Candace is supporting. |
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| And finally, here's me at the airport in Syracuse, NY, leaving on my life's greatest adventure. I'd been advised numerous times to use old Army duffel bags to pack my stuff in, but I wondered how I'd tell my bags from everyone else's. There were 45 other people leaving with me. So, I painted happy flowers on my bags. Locating them in a sea of olive green was never a problem! |
Take it from me, for the cost of two Starbuck's specialty coffees, you can help an African business woman advance in her endeavors. Let's put our dollars together and make a real difference in the world.
17 comments:
Oh wow! I like you with dark hair!!
I've been donating like crazy to United Way this month. It's a work thing, so I don't have the funds but I love the idea!
I LOVELOVELOVE that you were in the Peace Crops. That's so awe-inspiring, I can't even tell you. Thanks for the linkage and shout out. I hope everyone can scrape together one spare dollar to help others in need.
You are so inspiring, Nicole! Thanks for this glimpse and info about this great cause. Off to check it out!
I loved the photos Nicole! You're so pretty (which I already new) but you're also always smiling, a huge smile, how special! Very, very special! All the wonderful things you've done for people as well!
I'm looking forward to giving something special to Candylands awesome cause!
Volunteering in the Peace Corps - that is really amazing! You've had some incredible adventures, Nicole.
I just donated a few hours ago to the cause. Those picts are amazing, as are you.
I love that you still made art and thought to bring your spices from home. :) You're the cutest.
Love...always,
Lola
I admire you for your service to others. You must have had yourself an adventure!
Such wonderful pictures! Thanks for sharing and for letting us know about Joy2theWorld.
Jai
wow! If only there were more like you and Candace in the world! I'll be donating and doing my best to help promote it too. Once I get over this flu ...
Nicole, these pictures are wonderful, thank you for sharing! Peace Corps is something I once dreamed of doing, it's so wonderful that you participated. I love your flower luggage, too. :)
Thanks for sharing your pictures! My sister was a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand a few years earlier than your time as a volunteer. That's so great Candace is doing this, I'll be talking about it in my Wednesday post.
I had no idea you did that! So cool. =)
I'm so impressed with Candace. She really does such a good job helping others. =)
Those are incredible pictures, and the look of joy and radiance in the final shot is wonderful to see! You're beaming--it sounds like you had an incredible experience! Thanks so much for sharing these with us. They are inspiring. It was also very neat to see what the inside of those homes look like. (And I love the happy flowers. A wonderful touch.)
Wow, great pictures. That must have been a wonderful experience. Going over to check out Candyland now. Thanks for sharing! :D
Wonderful idea! it's so important to help. Great pics too!
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