Off the Clock Darl Snyder and his wife, Florence Village children now have a three-room schoolhouse thanks to theSnyders' support. Villagers show UGA professor Lynda Walters the shea nuts they grind for high-quality oil.
Villagers now have a healthy water source thanks to newly drilled wells.
If it weren't for the fact that Darl Snyder sets his own hours, donates his time and talent, and pays his own way, it would be hard to tell he's retired. He retired in 1992. Snyder and his wife, Florence, a retired speech pathologist, are agricultural missionaries of a sort. They help improve the quality of life for farmers and villagers in underdeveloped countries, especially the West African nation of Burkina Faso. In recognition of his humanitarian efforts, the Burkina Faso government awarded the Silver Medal to Snyder.