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2019 Calendar
August 8, 2019
December 2019, If a girl sits badly, it is up to her mother to cover her thighs. Orma (Kenya) Proverb
August 8, 2019
November 2019, The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth. Akan (Ghana, Ivory Coast ) Proverb
August 8, 2019
October 2019, The hen with baby chicks doesn’t swallow the worm. Sukuma ( Tanzania) Proverb
August 8, 2019
September 2019, A stupid cow leads her calf near the road. Hema (Democratic Republic of Congo – DRC) Proverb
August 8, 2019
August 2019, You must treat the earth well, It was not given to you by your parents, It is loaned to you by your children. Kikuyu (Kenya) Proverb
August 8, 2019
July 2019, A chicken that keeps scratching the dung-hill will soon find the mother’s thigh bones. Ewe (Ghana, Benin, Nigeria and Togo) Proverb
August 8, 2019
June 2019, It takes a whole village to raise a child. Igbo and Yoruba (Nigeria) Proverb
August 8, 2019
May 2019, A house with children never lacks noise. Sango (Central African Repu-blic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Republic of the Congo, Tanzania) Proverb
August 8, 2019
April 2019, Why do you behave like a woman whose son has just gotten married? Maasai (Kenya, Tanzania) Proverb
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