Day 1 focused on preparation: we began with a breakfast team meeting; visited the bedkit storage depot at a primary school. (The students are on a 2 week vacation). We had a great photo-op as mothers and their children gathered to collect water at the local tap.
We exchanged our currency in the down-town market area with a colourful character – see photo – with a unique way of doing business. $2 U.S. = 1,000 C.F.A. francs. We received wads of cash, in the confines of our van, while the traffic was whizzing around us and the hawkers were hoping to sell us their “authentic Italian, leather belts” through the window!
