Vivian Castro's Photographs

final update June 1st, 2003. videos require QuickTime

Vivian Castro's Photographs
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banc d'arguin jc and matt at banc d'arguin		<Homebound!
singer drummer band		<Last week we threw a going away party for our friend Tu and hired a well known Mauritanian musical group to perform. Here's the pictures from the party. My favorite instrument is the guy playing the plate with shoes (in the video).
etape 1 etape 2 making flour		<Here are some pictures of my friends and I making nutritious infant formula over the weekend.
selibaby girls camp		<Group Photo
my cat "achoo" assemble generale bureau 2003		<Happy New Years!
rural trainings danse wothie		<The microfinance organization that I work with is expanding into rural areas. We just trained 56 rural solidarity savings and credit groups.
baham and viv beth shooting beth and viv group picture in a boat jc viv and justin		<John-Christophe, Beth, Justin and I spent the Ramadan holiday long weekend with our friend Baham in a bird park called the Banc D'Arguin. We rented some trucks, camped on the beach, fished, and shot some cans. We didn't have a cooler to keep our food fresh, so we took some live sheep and killed them when we were hungry.
dinner at dia's nktt homes nktt kid road to atar tergit		<These are older pictures from the time that my family was here.
aioun school girls ayoun rocks baobab tree fall family john teaching kaedi hospital room kaedi hospital kaedi market marieta and edie marieta dia john, viv, marieta and edie veil shopping		<These are pictures from my last trip in Mauritania to Boghe, Kaedi and Aioun. Boghe is where Djeinaba, our exchange student is from. It is a mostly Pulaar community along the Senegal River. Kaedi is where I lived during Training and it is pretty diverse - there are large Moor, Pulaar, and Soninke communities. Aioun is Justin's site. We had a picnic at the rocks and visited our friend John's English class. Marieta Dia is one of my favorite Mauritanians.
group ICT		<Volunteers and Mauritanian work partners after a week of computer training.
moulin rouge sunset		<Moulin Rouge Performance. <My sister Andrea, with Djeinaba, our Mauritanian exchange student.
ami et vivian roommate portrate		<Friends.
my apartment nktt capital camels		<More Mauritania pictures.
terget oasis granada church mosque marrakesh alleys		<The Tergit picture is Me, Brenda, Justin and Djeinaba (she will be attending Centennial High in the Fall).
andy with dieng girls mamadou dieng nktt buss		<These are my sisters with my Mauritanian brothers and sister - Mamadou, Guysir, and Mama (Jinda). There's also a picture of the local transportation I ride frequently.
viv with snake mom in dance circle dad with berber women fresh dates oasis viv, bren, and andy in spain toga guys mom and dad at alhambra hassan mosque apes at gibraltar flamenco dad with berber women costa rica clan casablanca mosque brenda at gibraltar andy with a snake andy at a tannery in Fez andy and bren in marrakesh andy and bren in Fez alhambra		<Trip to spain with my family.
view older pictures		<Because of space limitations, this site has been divided into two separate pages.