We spent a couple of days in shock looking around at all the devastation and trying to assess what to do. Our Rotary Club was able to get the UN list for affected families so we will be able to use that to be sure we are giving millet to those who most need it.Around […]
VIsit of dignitaries and help for Agadez
This morning a group of ministers came in from Niamey to visit the catastrophe. I visited the devasted area with them, but it is unclear what, if anything, they will be able to do to help the 7,000 homeless families. 4,000 mud brick homes have completely disappeared, or are left with only the cement post […]
Foods ravage Agadez
The rains continue in Agadez. Rain that everyone prays for, that is so good for the nomads became a catastrophe for Agadez. Last night the water which had been building up in the mountains released a flash flood larger than anyone has ever seen. At one o’clock in the morning the water came thundering through […]
Ojai Valley News Aug. 28, 2009
COURTNEY’S NOMAD ADVENTUREBy Nancy GrossCourtney Hutcheson, who grew up in Ojai and is a former Nordhoff cheerleader, felt there was something absent from her Los Angeles film production career, even though it placed her contact with some wonderfully creative, interesting people, and offered her many extraordinary experiences. Some soul-searching, and a meeting with Leslie Clark […]
Deserted Desert Towns
I have been shopping in Agadez today. The sad boutiques are still open but there are no customers. I visited each one and tried to spend a little money at each. They were so surprised and appreciative to have a customer. They all know me and there was no pressure–they wanted my money to last […]
Vitamins to the rescue
Some of the tragic deaths in childbirth could be avoided simply with prenatal vitamins. Austin, our favorite boy scout, had great success in collecting all varieties of vitamins, but focused on pre-natal and children’s chewable. They have packed 200 lbs to bring. At left Marla and Collie who will be carrying them to Niger and […]
Orphan at Aboye
Issouf the young boy climbing into his grandmother’s lap to my left, is an orphan. His mother, who had been a friend and subject of many of my paintings died in childbirth due to anemia. Just after the picture above was taken I showed him this photo of his mother.He had never seen her. I […]
