In two weeks, Ed and I leave for Niger, to participate in the ORBIS program, and to offiically open the second set of classrooms in Libore, called Vive la Vie! It is an exciting time on all fronts.

When Ed and I were in Niamey last, November 2007, we visited the hospital in Niamey and Ed spoke with an opthalmologist there and hospital officials who said they desperately needed eye doctors to return and perform surgeries every six months. Upon our return to Canada, Ed contacted ORBIS, a wonderful charitable organization with a Flying Eye Hospital and asked them to come to Niger. After months of discussion and planning, ORBIS agreed and will be in Niger February 1-14th with their airplane, training local eye doctors and performing surgeries. It is such a great thing for the population of Niger and we are delighted to be a small part of it.

We just shipped 75 boxes of supplies to Niger, via Air France, and they arrived safely. The shipment had 500 soccer balls, laptops, school supplies, scrapbooks made by children in Canada, and lots of pencils!!

Stay tuned for the beginning of our trip!