DRESSED IN NATIVE ATTIRE exchange student Lan & a Geler cay demonstrates how to use a ploche, She had the gardening tool made for her during her stay in an African village. Out of Africa BABIES SCREAMED in shock when they first set eyes on Cana da World Youth exchange student Lana Geier. No, she didn’t'deliberately set out to scare small children. How- ever, She is a fair-skinned blond, and in the African village of Bousse, she was quite frightening ta babies who had never seen a Caucasian. Geier spent three months in the village of 6,000, located in Burkino .Faso, formerly Upper Volta, Fortunately, the other vil- lagers were merely curious, not scared, about the colour of her and the other students’ skin, Geier and an equal split of 40 other Canadian and African stu- dents lived in the village as part of an ongoing Canada World Youth Exchange Program. Last year students from Burkino Fasa came to Quebec to be paired with Canadian students from all over the country. Burkino Faso is officially a francophone country, and. tbe slay in Quebec gaye. Ca- ‘nadian students time to bash up an their french. ‘We were paired up when we got to Quebec, and placed with host families,’ says Geier. Unfortunately, her partnership didn’t go smoothly, The first Af rican student she was paired with had to retum home for personal reasons and the second was sent home in disgrace alter he stole moncy from their host family. “IT think he was just over- whelmed,’’ says Geicr. ‘‘Bcecause he joined late, our host family kept giving him presents to make up for lost time. It was just tao much for him, and he got con- fused.”’ She thinks the large gap be- tween our standard of living and his contributed to the problem. _. After that Geier joined an exist- “ing pair. Despite many jokes about her being a jinx, the trio stayed together for the remainder of the trip. ‘In Burkino Faso, Geicr and the other students were also placed with host families. Many of the families were polygamists, but she was placed with a Catholic monogamous family. Still, there were approximately 15 people who lived in the several huts that belonged to the family. “Tt took me a week to figure out who was staying there and why,’? she says. “‘Cousins, hus- bands and wives ... everyone kept coming and going.’’ The bathroom was simple — a hole in the ground, surrounded by three walls. There is no toilet paper in Burkino Faso; people use the squat and rinse method, These bathroom habits have led to interesting social do’s and dont’s. Because the left hand is used for bathroom rinsing purposes, it is considered extremely rude to eat, wave or pass food with the left hand. This presented Geier with a problem, because there weren’t any utensils in the village. Meals were eaten with hands. ‘T messed up a few times,’’ says Geier, holding up her left hand, ‘‘but everyone was pretty understanding, ”’ Fortunately, the food was casy to cat by hand. Rice, couscous, beans and a mush-like substance, like thick cream-of-wheat, were standard fare. The family with whom Geier slayed with also grew peanuts and brewed Dolo, the local equiv- alent of beer. Geier took part in everyday family life with the women, help- ing make the meals, and fetch wood and water, She also worked in the women’s centre, making soap and weaving for the local market, “Everyone was so friendly and accepting,’’ she says. ‘‘They real- ly welcomed me into their homes.”” The friendly attitude of the vil- lagers is the strongest impression Geier brought back to Canada, when she returned from her trip in mid-March. Geier hopes to retura to Africa in the future, but in the meantime, plans to attend Northwest Com- munity College in the fall. Water Facts What Is Water Softening? If you have hard water, a high mineral content of calcium, magnesium, iran or aluminium, you might want to consider a water softener, Softening is a charge for charge ion exchange. 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