Germany and Italy – 2009

(Picture – with Vera and Ingo and girls and Tom and Lisia) Before I returned to Canada from Ukraine I took an opportunity to visit friends in Italy and Germany. My friend Christine Filion, whom I met and worked with in Quebec now makes her home in Italy.  I spent a number of days with […]

A little glimpse of Ukraine

(Picture – A Ukrainian kindergarten class) My travels took me to Ukraine in 2005 with a one year volunteer position in a Community Economic Development  project.  My stay lasted four years and I have been back many times since. These few photos give you a glimpse of my life there.  There are many more photos […]
Checking out the snakes

Around Home and A Planning Retreat at Kartung, Gambia

(Picture – Checking out the snakes at a snake farm near Kartung) This album will give a little flavour of the area and people around my apartment.  It was the rainy season. It also captures some of the activities of a one week planning retreat that we hosted as we began the process of writing […]

A visit to Georgetown (Jangjangbureh, Gambia)

(Picture – visiting a local family in Janjanburueh) I decided to explore a little further and by bus and ferry made my way to Jangjanbureh (Georgetown) which lies near the centre of Gambia, on the river Gambia.  It has historical significance during the era of slave trading.  It was an adventure getting there by myself […]