Had a friend working in Burkina Faso for the Peace Corps. She built a very small library. It got torn down and the whole group was in trouble. This was years ago now.

[–] bmsok@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A friend of mine also did Peace Corps work there. She had to pretend she was married to someone in an adjacent village to deter getting kidnapped and forced into marriage.

A more lighthearted (but scary at the time) moment was when a bat peed into her eye while she was using the outhouse. No diseases, thankfully. She's been back in the US now for a number of years and loved the work she did while she was over there.

[–] Uglyhead@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Despite everything that happened there my friend loved it too. She went on to travel the world doing similar works.