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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st class April Morehouse learns how to weave a basket with help from a girl at an orphanage in Lome, Togo, Jan. 30, 2008. Morehouse is an Africa Partnership Station volunteer assigned to the high-speed vessel Swift.

LEARNING TO WEAVE

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st class April Morehouse learns how to weave a basket with help from a girl at an orphanage in Lome, Togo, Jan. 30, 2008. Morehouse is an Africa Partnership Station volunteer assigned to the high-speed vessel Swift.

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