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Stopping the flow of menstrual misconceptions, one pad at a time

Stopping the flow of menstrual misconceptions, one pad at a time

May 27, 2016
by Jessica Fryman
Blog, The Gambia Files

In The Gambia, it is culturally inappropriate to talk about menstruation. Even mothers rarely discuss it with their daughters, bolstering myths and stigmas that have lasted for generations. Islamic tradition dictates menses as “dirty” and bans women from touching the Koran or praying when they are menstruating.

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Crazy for Cashews

Crazy for Cashews

May 18, 2016
by Jessica Fryman
Blog, The Gambia Files

Did you know cashews grow on fruit? I had no idea! One tiny cashew grows inside a shell on the tip of a juicy fruit,…

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Q&A: Motherhood Across the World

Q&A: Motherhood Across the World

May 7, 2016
by Jessica Fryman
Blog, The Gambia Files

In honor of Mother’s Day, I interviewed my two mom’s on their perspectives of motherhood.

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Video: Sama learns to sign

Video: Sama learns to sign

April 27, 2016
by Jessica Fryman
Blog, The Gambia Files

Watching Sama learn sign language has been a special part of my Peace Corps service. Some of my happiest days in The Gambia have been afternoons spent visiting his new school to find him smiling and surrounded by new friends.

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Tree Trek

Tree Trek

April 23, 2016
by Jessica Fryman
Blog, The Gambia Files

A group of incredibly dedicated PCVs trekked all across the country to teach about 20 schools how to start their own tree nursery. A big…

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#PeaceCorpsWedding

A Peace Corps Wedding

April 20, 2016
by Jessica Fryman
Blog, The Gambia Files

Gambian weddings are way more fun when it is your friends tying the knot. Congrats Katie and Yankuba!

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Explore Your Country

Explore Your Country

April 16, 2016
by Jessica Fryman
Blog, The Gambia Files

Aside from the gaining a wealth of knowledge, the boys got to get on out there and explore their country. The boys each shadowed a professional Gambian doing their job. We took them on tours of all the higher education campuses: the college, the university, the technical training institute, the management and development institute and the hotel school.

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Just a little about me

My name is Jessica Danielle Fryman, but I also answer to Fatoumata Camara.

I know three languages, the third being a tribal tongue less than one percent of the world speaks. I like to run even though I’m not that good at it. I read a lot. And I once published a book I wrote, setting all the type by hand on an old-fashioned printing press. I’m an avid traveler and amateur photographer. I’m also a master spider-killer and possess the ability to stalk my prey without the squeamish screams of my former urban life.

I’m originally from Las Vegas, a city with more people than the entire country where I currently live. I now reside in a two-room concrete house with a tin roof and a ceiling made of rice bags. I eat with my hand out of a shared food bowl. I walk down a dirt road to fetch my water and carry it home in a bucket on my head. And yes, I even poop in a hole in the ground.

Read more about me here.

About The Gambia


The Gambia, known as "The Smiling Coast of Africa," is the smallest country on the continent's mainland. Just 210 miles long and no more than 30 miles at its widest point, The Gambia carves out a space in Senegal on either side of the picturesque Gambia River.
Although many regional languages are spoken, the official language is English. A majority of the 1.8 million people are Muslim. About a third of the population lives below the international poverty line on less than US $1.25 per day.

What time is it in The Gambia?

    6:27 pm

    Tuesday, February 19

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