This is an update to the skin grafting post I put up two weeks ago. The patient returned to clinic for review and to have the staples removed. The skin graft looks great and is healing wonderfully. She still has weakness in the extension of her fingers, but I could see some improvement. It is […]
Media Work in Abidjan
I flew from Ouaga to Abidjan yesterday on Air Burkina. I’ll be spending this week with the media team working on redesigning the www.gowestafrica.org website. We’ve already come up with a layout and I’ve made Dreamweaver templates for the pages. However, the biggest task is organizing the content and moving everything from the old site […]
Meet Peggy (audio interview & pictures)
Peggy Ozment and her husband Pascal (Pat) have been living in Tamale, Ghana for almost a year now. Pat is a lecturer at the Baptist Theological Seminary and Peggy has been working as librarian. I posted photos of the Ozments and the seminary last week. I interviewed Peggy a couple weeks ago so that she […]
Photo of the Day
Today’s photo is brought to you by the letter M. Since the letter M is so marvelous it has decided to give you 3 more magnificent photos taken of a mosquito on my mac. No post-production effects were done on any of the images.
Photo of the Day (by Heidi!)
Proof that you don’t have to have a fancy, expensive camera to take good photos: Heidi took this great composition with a little digital camera my parents sent her. With me traveling so much Heidi was missing the chance to photograph some interesting medical cases at the hospital. They sent her a small Panasonic Lumix […]
ISO Sale/Fair
I’m in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso this weekend and got to attend the “event of the year” at the International School of Ouagadougou (ISO). The annual holiday fair is a fund raiser by the PTA. Artists and vendors are invited to display their wares and ex-pats from all over Burkina come to buy things and have […]
Scenes from a Mamprusi Funeral
When the Failes were learning Mampruli they lived in a village about 20 minutes from Nalerigu for several months to immerse themselves in the language and culture. A couple weeks ago I went with Elisabeth to the funeral of one of her Mamprusi language study friends’ mother. I’ve been meaning to post these images for […]
Photo of the Day
This is a photo I took last month but had forgotten about. I was at Lake Volta which is surrounded by rain forest covered mountains. A thunderstorm had just passed through and a mist was rising out of the trees. Since it was still day light I used my ND filter, set the ISO at […]
Photo of the Day
I’ve unintentionally had a series of portraits this week for my “Photo of the Days” so I don’t want to stop the trend now. This elderly man was a burn victim years ago and lives in Nalerigu. He was treated at the hospital and given skin grafts across his chest. You can still see the […]