Journal entries by Robin Mednick:
November 15th -16th, 2007
So far everything has been fantastic. My husband Ed and I were met at the airport in Niamey by the welcoming arms of the Mayor, Amadou Madougou, the Vice Mayor, Fatouma, the director of Education, Hamani Djibo and so many others. Now they were old friends as opposed to last time in May when we tentatively glimpsed each other for the first time. The embraces were long and heartfelt and Ed immediately noticed the warmth of the people.
We arrived at our hotel, the Grand, which has a view overlooking the Niger river- absolutely breathtaking at different times of the day. I felt like I was coming home.

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Dear internet users and friends of Liboré, welcome to our website!

The rural commune of Liboré is a small community with an area of 110 Km2 and a population of 22,500 – averaging 205 inhabitants per Km2.

The commune includes 21 villages, 15 of which are administrative districts to which 6 big hamlets were attached.

Our primary activities are: Agriculture, farming, fishing, and small businesses.

The difficulties which assail us are: Poverty, illiteracy, and epidemic of diseases such as: malaria, cholera, schistosomiasis, meningitis, etc. and the hard labor the women must accomplish in the household and in the fields.

Given these issues, we are focusing our activities on education, health, designated drinking water sites, improving women’s quality of life which begins with the schooling of our young girls and financial aid to housewives for small businesses and to raise small farm animals.

Every humanitarian action in these fields would be a great help in the betterment and growth of our young community.

We thank you in advance for all your good deeds.

A. Madougou
Mayor of Liboré