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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03f8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Futa Toro: Web Resources"><U><B>Next Page</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Update: April 2000"><U><B>Previous Page</B></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="073606a0.gif" border=0 width="96" height="362" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><B>Futa Toro: Memories from the Desert's Edge </B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Futa Toro: Memories from the Deserts Edg"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Memories Impressions of Futa Toro"><U>Memories & Impressions of Futa Toro</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Update: April 2000"><U>Update: April 2000</U></A>   |   <B>Photo Journal</B>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Futa Toro: Web Resources"><U>Futa Toro: Web Resources</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="US Peace Corps"><U>US Peace Corps</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guest Book"><U>Guest Book</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Photo Journal</I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="627" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 420 WIDTH="71"><div> Thioubalel-Lao is located alongside the Senegal River on the border with Mauritania.  During the early 1980's the area was severly effected by drought.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="070f49e0.gif" border=0 width="500" height="414" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 475 WIDTH="71"><div> Penda Choy, a beautiful and warm wonderful teenager who befriended me and introduced me to many of her friends in my early months in the village.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="07158d50.gif" border=0 width="600" height="469" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 294 WIDTH="71"><div> A typical scene along the Senegal River, looking west.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="084c2200.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="288" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 437 WIDTH="71"><div> My little sisters, Habi and Hadja. </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0896baf0.gif" border=0 width="619" height="431" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 474 WIDTH="71"><div> My little brother, Prefet.  He reminds me so much of my own son Eli, who is 6!</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="08a86d40.gif" border=0 width="646" height="468" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 469 WIDTH="71"><div> little baby Jaynaboo.  She was always getting sick and I did whatever I could to try to help her mom provide clean water.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#000000><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="08ba7cf0.gif" border=0 width="679" height="463" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>