List of things that I could use

Things that I think about while pondering life and what I miss or may need in Mali, West Africa:

• Books
• Credit Union
• International Development
• Savings and Investments options for ME not Mali (try to educate myself about how to use my money after Peace Corps)
• Loans for women's associations and Farmers
• How to Export
• Religious themed novels
• Devotionals and Bible Studies
• Non-fiction books, biographies, things that will enrich my mind!
• How to make a garden and tend it (in the desert)
• How to cook without electricity (rice, beans, couscous, etc)
• Entrepreneurship
• English Grammar book with activities (I plan on returning to America speaking better English)

• Things for hobbies
• Sewing
• Knitting
• Cross-stitching
• Crochet
• Painting

• Food
• Mrs. Dash
• Butter scotch candies
• Chocolate
• More cookies
• Rice Pudding

• Construction Paper
• Big manila envelopes
• Pictures from my Google Account
• I would love it if somebody could print the pictures that have any malians in it, I want to give them to my friends and "family" plus they keep asking how I am going to print them and I say I am sending them to the USA so my family can print them and send them back…It would cost me $1 a photo to print them here!

• A cheap portable CD Player
• CDs for the CD player (specifically sermons)
• DVDs so I can watch them on my computer
• You can burn them onto a disc, bootleg them, whatever!! I have the ability to watch and listen to things so please send them!

• Girly stuff
• Perfume
• Make-up
• Hair bands (for ponytail holders, the hard plastic skinny head bands that push back your hair, etc)
• Pretty scarves and shawls
• Fingernail polish and remover

• Baby clothes
• Toddler clothes
• Any type of clothes that you are no longer using or want to give away
• Softball equipment
• Basketball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I play basketball with the boys!
• Frisbee!!!!!! A good one that will soar for a whole football field! Haha

I think that this list is long enough. Let me know via email at hollymlarsen@gmail.com if you have any questions!