July – 2009 – Dakar Calling

Health Worker Tells All

July 27, 2009 – 9:00 pm

Government health worker Aminata Ndieye discusses Senegal’s national integrated bednet campaign as it rolls in the village of Gourmel. Footage captured by Lauren Canton; translated from its original French version into English.

By Hayley Droppert | Posted in PCV | Comments (0)

Introducing Lauren of Podor

July 15, 2009 – 7:35 pm

With her MNM FlipCam, Lauren Canton has been documenting how mosquito nets are being distributed and making a difference in the village where she is living called Podor. Located in the Northern St. Louis region of Senegal, Podor is right along the Senegal River near the border of Mauritania.
Check out this first film where Lauren [...]

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From The Field

July 15, 2009 – 3:39 pm

Introducing the PCVs and their FlipCam Footage

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Voices of Malaria Control

July 13, 2009 – 8:38 pm

Youssou and Martin on Voice of America

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Video killed the… malaria!

July 5, 2009 – 9:32 pm

As a child of 1980s America, I know of music videos… I worshiped at the feet of Michael Jackson and Yo! MTV Raps both (I still remember the world premier of “Thriller”). So i was particularly delighted to get behind the scenes for the making of the “Xeex Sibbiru” video, shot in the Medina just [...]

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