The children of R'gueiba

 Last week I posted some sketches of my visit to R'gueiba, one of the fishing villages of the Parc National du Banc d'Arguin.
 The reason I was invited to go and sketch is because in some of the villages that have a running school an optional programme at weekends was starting for the children using a book - "Où sont les gazelles" I illustrated last year. Also they would like me to come and do some sketching outings with the children.

 Teachers have been formed and the aim of the book is to teach the children about their environment. Animals, plants, sea and land. This coast where the Sahara desert reaches the Atlantique (dunes end up in the beach) is a very rich area for breeding. Fish and birds alike and of extreme importance for the whole planet.

 So I assisted to a questionnaire where children had to answer about their surroundings.  Actually all questions that were connected to the work done in the villages were very well answered. They'll knew the name of the 4 different types of sailing boats used in the Park by the fishermen to fish ( motor boats are not allowed). But they had difficulties in explaining what was a bird or a mammal.
Also answering the question what was the most important fish for the Imraguens, different fish were named showing how new types of fishing are spreading and delegating what was for centuries the sole fish eaten and captured by the Imraguens the mullet to a second plan.