As Raven kindly pointed out to everyone we met, as soon as we met them, I went to The Gambia because I’m a nerd and she went to put a positive social face on the rest of the PCVs in Guinea. I think we represented our respective roles quite well.
We stayed for sessions they held that we have already covered in PST. Those sessions ended up being very useful because they do things slightly differently than what we have learned, they did additional things there, and in several sessions, they took their learning to a greater depth than what we’ve covered. Some of that can be chalked up to second-year PCVs and the rest is due to their having had time to experiment at site for several months with things they touched on during PST to cover in-depth at IST. Agfos used to write home about playing in poop, now we’re going to start writing home about how you use our own poop to fertilize your garden and our own urine to fertilize our tree nurseries. I also learned how to compost a donkey.
Topics we have new info (different amounts for each topic) about and will always be seeking new info about: beekeeping and its derivatives, biodigesters, woodlots, sustainable motivation techniques, rabbit raising, pest detection, business aspects of beekeeping and agroforestry, out planting trees, running a nursery, neem mosquito repellent, sisal use in live fencing, grafting, germination beds, top working, poultry raising, bio fuels, dealing with diseased trees, propagation and uses of many species of tree, and integrated pest management.
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