Greetings to Friends and Family of Dragons Senegal Students! Today the group visited a gold mine outside of Kedougou and learned more about resource management in the area. Tomorrow we will leave the city of Kedougou and travel to the village of......Read More
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Team Senegal is now on their flight en route back to the US....Read More
Sights of big cities, small villages, bright colors, dark starry nights. Everything we’ve heard – rain crashing on tin roofs, attaya foaming from cup to cup, low tones of the call to prayer you’ve come to rely on. Never will we forget the......Read More
During our visit in Dakar, we had the wonderful opportunity to visit the Village Des Arts. I began at the edge of the hallway, passing by open doors, some with working artists, some empty studios, and a few colorful shoppes. I reached the last......Read More
I expected to feel pain when I stepped onto the island of Goree, nestled a 10 minute ferry ride away from the coast of Dakar. I expected to sense the mourning of the 20 million African slaves that passed through that island as they took their last......Read More
Para finalizar a visita a Dakar, fomos ao Monumento do Renascimento Africano. Após um grande tempo preso no trânsito, chegamos lá, e logo fiquei impressionado com suas dimensões, e como um bom brasileiro, a comparação com o Cristo Redentor e a......Read More
Today, a while after breakfast, I asked my homestay mother (Falou Diallo) if I could get my sack of dirty clothes washed. She said I could do so in the bathroom or upstairs, but I explained that I actually don’t know how to wash my clothes by......Read More
And so, 4 weeks later, we are here. Transference is a time to pause, reflect, take a deep breath before jumping off the diving board into the familiar waters of home. It is a jump that we often approach without forethought- we know these waters, we......Read More
I will never forget the feeling of pooping. When i arrived in Senegal i was a 16 year old girl who didn’t understand the pain Senegalese food would bring me. I was entrapped by the foods beautiful scent and appearance. Only if I knew what the food......Read More
Dear Families & Friends, It is hard to believe that almost four weeks have passed since your student embarked on this incredible adventure! It won’t be long until students will be boarding their planes back home. We are sure you are anxiously......Read More
Welcome to a snippet of Mariatou Diallo’s life. Mariatou is the name I, Elizabeth, am borrowing for the next four days of our homestay in Temento Samba. It’s also my homestay sister’s name. I suspect I was named after her, because for the......Read More
One thing I will miss about Temento Samba is… the sounds. The animal noises—goats, chickens, the flocks of golden birds chirping in the trees. Children laughing. Far off conversations, the familiar “jarama.” The sound of the rain on the......Read More
Yesterday, we left our homestays in Temento Samba (Samba’s village) to travel to Toubacouta for xphase, where the students take over management of the trip for four days. On our way we stopped in The Gambia and got see a part of the Gambia river.......Read More
These photos are from our homestay party in Thies, the day before we drove down south for hiking and our rural homestay. All were so happy for the occasion to share their love and gratitude for each other and the experience. Enjoy the family photos!......Read More
