PICTURE FROM LEANDRE TRIP - OCTOBER, 2009


Meeting kids in Leandre's village








With Francesca, a little girl born with her
stomach on the outside of her abdomen...


Seeing Lamine back in Abidjan for the first time
since I'd brought him to the US the year before...


Lamine's family...


Saying goodbye to Lamine...


Our meeting at MOOV...


With Leandre and his Mother before the airport...


With Leandre and his mother at the home of
Cote D'Ivoire's former first lady...


With Madame Houphouet-Boigny, former first
lady of Cote D'Ivoire for 33 years...


Leaving Abidjan...


In Paris for our 9 hour layover...


Leandre on the plane in a rare
moment of serenity...


Safely in the US after a long journey...