I’m not sure if I ever told you that we lived in Guinea, West
Africa for a couple of years in 1999 and 2000? I loved the people, the feeling
like I was existing in the pages of a National Geographic edition, and discovering
a whole new understanding about how others lived their lives.  

Coming from a modern country like Canada, I did suffer a bit
of a culture shock but it was all a part and parcel of the adventure for living
in a third-world location like Guinea. The Guineans are wonderfully warm-hearted individuals
who love to laugh. They treat their children well, and while we were there, we
didn’t see any signs of starvation or fighting or any of the worries one might
have if moving to such a faraway place.

 But we did see signs
of poverty. I remember driving to a restaurant one dark evening and seeing a
male student crouched under a street lamp studying his textbook. That hit me hard and brought the tears. We met many
who didn’t have electricity and who couldn’t afford to send their children to
school. So when I came across this photo, I just had to share it with all you techies.

I wonder if Mark Zuckerberg ever dreamed his invention would
reach these heights.