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Rio Pungue separates Gorongosa National Park from the community of Vinho. The park has hired a boatman to ferry people to and fro. About 100 people from Vinho work in the park. (Katherine Jones/Idaho Statesman)
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Rio Pungue separates Gorongosa National Park from the community of Vinho. (Katherine Jones/Idaho Statesman)
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Mike Littman has fun with kids in the schoolyard. “What did I learn in Africa?” said his mother, Trudy Littman, a little later. “How little people can live on.” (Katherine Jones/Idaho Statesman)
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In the community of Vinho, the Gorongosa Restoration Project built a health clinic and school, and turned their operation over to the government. (Katherine Jones/Idaho Statesman)
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In the community of Vinho, the Gorongosa Restoration Project built a health clinic and school, and turned their operation over to the government. (Katherine Jones/Idaho Statesman)
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Vegetables for sale in the community of Vinho, the closest village to Gorongosa National Park. (Katherine Jones/Idaho Statesman)
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Kids play in the yard of the school, built by Gorongosa Restoration Project and turned over to the Ministry of Education. One rotation of classes meets from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and the second rotation meets from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Students attend from grades 1-7. (Katherine Jones/Idaho Statesman)
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Patients wait for the health clinic to open, sitting around a bore hole. Gorongosa Restoration Project drilled several wells for the community, because about 10 people a year were dying from altercations with crocodile. “An old lady washing dishes,” says Vasco Galante, director of communications for the Project. “Or fetching water.” (Katherine Jones/Idaho Statesman)
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Gorongosa Restoration Project drilled several wells for the community, because about 10 people a year were dying from altercations with crocodile. “An old lady washing dishes,” says Vasco Galante, director of communications for the Project. “Or fetching water.” (Katherine Jones/Idaho Statesman)
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Girls play cards in the community of Vinho, the closest village to Gorongosa National Park. (Katherine Jones/Idaho Statesman)
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