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Monkey Madness

Monkey Madness

March 9, 2016
Jessica Fryman
Blog, The Gambia Files

This is what happens when a mother-daughter duo obsessed with monkeys gets too close to the primates. Here are only a few of the dozens of pictures…

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Fashion Forward: The Asobi

Fashion Forward: The Asobi

March 5, 2016
Jessica Fryman
Blog, The Gambia Files

I’ve been sportin’ asobis long before they were cool.   So imagine my excitement when I finally found myself in a country where asobis are…

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Camp GLOW

Camp GLOW

March 2, 2016
Jessica Fryman
Blog, The Gambia Files

Camp GLOW (Guys and Girls Leading our World) is a flagship Peace Corps program held all over the world. Between roasting marshmallows around the campfire,…

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Video: Student Leadership Trek

Video: Student Leadership Trek

February 27, 2016
Jessica Fryman
Blog, The Gambia Files

Student Leadership Trek targeted Grade 10 students throughout The Gambia with the aim of empowering and building the capacities of young people to be role models at their schools and in their communities. The trek traveled to six schools and taught a curriculum aimed at teaching tenth grade boys and girls the importance of working as equal partners to build educated, economically-sustainable communities.

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Riding an emotional rollercoaster

Riding an emotional rollercoaster

February 24, 2016
Jessica Fryman
Blog, The Gambia Files

I knew Peace Corps would be an “emotional rollercoaster,” but in all honesty, the experience would be more aptly labeled “2-year bipolar episode.”

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Photo: Meet The Parents

Photo: Meet The Parents

February 20, 2016
Jessica Fryman
Blog, The Gambia Files

Having my parents meet each other was a special occassion. They had all seen dozens of pictures and heard so much about each other but…

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Guest Blog: My mom's Gambian experience

Guest Blog: My mom’s Gambian experience

February 17, 2016
Jessica Fryman
Blog, The Gambia Files

Guess what always happens when I go on vacation? Of course I have a great time, but that’s not what I was thinking. I gain…

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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.

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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.

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