Title: Heather Saunders (
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Sai wata rana - 06/Jun/2011 20:07 - 4800 days ago
As most of you know by now, I’m HOME! And thought it was about time to write a bit about Nigeria, the elections and how I feel...
A few outfits - 20/Feb/2011 18:24 - 4906 days ago
Part of the joy of living in Nigeria is the ability to design (or in my case attempt to design) your own clothes. There are smal...
Akwei malaria - 03/Feb/2011 14:05 - 4923 days ago
When I arrived in Nigeria, I was told about a volunteer in Lagos who'd had malaria six times. I was astonished, and wondered how...
A poem - 20/Jan/2011 12:32 - 4937 days ago
As my last post was so extensive I held back on including my wonderful poem from secret santa, but thought I'd add it in as I th...
We're all going on a, Christmas holiday - 17/Jan/2011 17:12 - 4940 days ago
Happy New Year! And happy harmattan, currently inKadunait's averaging a chilly 21 degrees in the shade, and my colleagues a...
What is a capacity building advisor? - 08/Dec/2010 12:11 - 4980 days ago
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Church Naija style - 23/Nov/2010 12:17 - 4995 days ago
When I arrived in Nigeria, I was told the apocryphal story of a previous volunteer who had agreed to go to church with an acquai...
Family holiday in Naija - 12/Nov/2010 10:24 - 5006 days ago
A few weeks ago Mummy and Daddy Saunders came to Nigeria, and I'm pleased to say... they survived! They found Nigeria, hot, dust...
Nigeria at 50 - 26/Oct/2010 11:42 - 5023 days ago
The astute among you will notice that this post is about two weeks late. I got somewhat distracted by my parents visiting Nigeri...
All creatures great and small - 05/Oct/2010 11:36 - 5044 days ago
Sometimes I love my office for the utterly random things which occur here, it's unlike any other place I've worked before. There...
Kano Durbar - 18/Sep/2010 15:22 - 5061 days ago
Last weekend I returned to Kano or, as I like to think of it, 'the Lagos of the north'. Not that I've been to Lagos yet, bu...
Six months in Naija and a strike - 30/Aug/2010 15:28 - 5080 days ago
Six months ago on Saturday I stepped off the plane at 6am into a warm dawn in Abuja. Since then I’ve survived a journey throug...
When it rains, it pours. - 27/Aug/2010 15:38 - 5083 days ago
The months from June to September are rainy season in Nigeria. The rain here is hard to describe until you have experienced it. ...
Calabar - worth the trip. - 14/Aug/2010 16:38 - 5096 days ago
After my stressful journey I finally made it to the beautiful city of Calabar. With its wide streets and actual pavements design...
First Nigerian road trip - 02/Aug/2010 20:41 - 5108 days ago
In July I was invited to a VSO market development workshop in Calabar. I was quite interested in the workshop, but even more cur...
World Cup Fever - 23/Jun/2010 09:14 - 5148 days ago
Even when the world cup isn't on, the first question asked of someone from the UK visiting Nigeria is often "Which football team...
ABC, easy as 123... - 05/Jun/2010 13:37 - 5166 days ago
May was a hectic month at Hope for the Village Child. Most people were busy visiting communities before the roads become impassa...
Public holidays and political events - 07/May/2010 16:20 - 5195 days ago
This will be a memorable week for those with an interest in British or Nigerian politics. On Wednesday night the Nigerian Presid...
Kitty the kitten - 19/Apr/2010 10:48 - 5213 days ago
This is Kitty, the newest resident of my household. He's a lean mean rat killing machine... or at least that's what we hoped for...
Easter and elephants* - 06/Apr/2010 11:41 - 5226 days ago
Over Easter weekend I travelled across some of northern Nigeria with two other VSO volunteers Richard and Elizabeth. We left Kad...
Beautiful babies and clean villages - 29/Mar/2010 09:18 - 5234 days ago
This Saturday Hope for the Village Child held their annual clean village and beautiful baby contest. It was an amazing sight, ea...
Buses, dust and goats - 22/Mar/2010 09:51 - 5241 days ago
My new work routine has started in earnest, the toughest part so far is the morning commute– I get up at 6am and take an okada...
New house, new job, new city - 14/Mar/2010 10:05 - 5249 days ago
I arrived in Kaduna on Wednesday, after saying goodbye to the 17 other volunteers who were heading to placements across Nigeria....
Kano - 07/Mar/2010 19:50 - 5256 days ago
After a mere three days of training in the 'Happy Hall' at the Crystal Palace Hotel in Abuja, during which we covered the histor...
Abuja, the arrival - 28/Feb/2010 16:26 - 5263 days ago
I arrived at Abuja international airport at 6.30am this morning, with three other equally sleepy British volunteers. The wall of...
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