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Thursday, May 6, 2010

the hardest thing...

On March 30th, my grandfather Doty died at the age of 85 after a long battle with cancer. His suffering and pain is now over.

While losing someone so close is always a terrible ordeal, this time it proved as a true test of my limits here in Togo. Every volunteer knows that signing up for Peace Corps is a commitment that will inevitably force you to be absent during times of sorrow and during times of happiness for those closest in our hearts, yet farthest from us physically... In actuality, however, it was much harder than anything I could have prepared myself for.

I truly regret not being home for my family (and for my own mental health). And although I wasn't there physically, I can only hope that they felt me there in spirit.


R.I.P
ELLSWORTH J. DOTY
November 11, 1924-March 30, 2010

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Moringa

Moringa is a plant that contains essential vitamins and minerals often lacking in the Togolese diet. The tree can be used in a variety of ways to treat problems of malnutrition and water-borne illness. The leaves of the tree can be eaten or dried and crushed into a powder that can be added to sauces or sprinkled on top of any dish; the seeds of the plant can be turned into cooking oil as well as used to purify water. To illustrate the advantage of this plant: the leaves of a moringa tree contain seven times the vitamin C than one orange, four times the Vitamin A than a serving of carrots, four times the calcium contained on one glass of milk, three times the potassium than one banana, and two times the protein contained in one serving of yogurt! Moringa Fest was an event that I participated in that was planned by a Peace Corps volunteer in a village called Notse. The PCV has been completing a two year promotional initiative on the benefits of incorporating moringa into the Togolese diet.

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