I had an incredible time visiting the Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Project (CRP) in the River Gambia National Park (RGNP) with Polly, her Gambian host brother Alieu, and Kevin who was visiting from Germany. Kevin lived with Polly’s family as a high school exchange student, and Polly’s two sons were able to be high school exchange students with Kevin’s family in Germany, and the… ....READ MORE | 7 Comments

When I told an Oregon friend I was going to be a PCV in The Gambia, she said her brother had been a PCV there. I reached out to Dave Dupras to ask if he could connect me with other RPCVs from the early 1970s, and the two previous posts about Paul & John, resulted from Dave’s introductions. Dave had his camera stolen while in service (see story… ....READ MORE | 1 Comment