Returning to Thiès It has been a busy and beautiful weekend. On Thursday, students began arriving around noon in Thiès. They organized their own transportation to get back. Despite an unexpected visit to a police station (talk to Birch and...
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Return, Retreat, Departure
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A day in Ndangane
SST Senegal students spend a day in Ndangane, a rural village on the Marigot de Djilor river in Senegal's Fatick region, green with river-fed plants.
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Djarama Diallow
Brandon and Bree have been working at the Djarama Association. The mission of Djarama is to “build, through culture and education, a youth that is aware of its values and respectful of the environment.” Djarama Diallow is an agro-environmental intentional...
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Poste de Sante Keru Yiiw
Jonah and Ryan will be heading into their senior years at GC this fall. We are both studying biochemistry and plan to go to medical school. For service we are working at a regional health clinic to gain medical experience....
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Beer-Sheba Project
After four weeks serving at the Beer-Sheba Project in Senegal, Axel and Sam reflect on the diverse people who find their way into its community.
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Grand Mbao: Association Humanitaire les Amis de l’Ecole
On SST Senegal, Samuel and Suzanna teach English in Grand Mbao with the Humanitarian Association, Friends of the School, an after-school program.
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Centre de Formation Yoonu Njub
On SST Senegal, Anna and Gabe serve at Centre de Formation Yoonu Njub, a training center with a trade school for girls who left school and a clinic.
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Vivre Ensemble – La Pouponnière de Mbour
Emma B. serves at Vivre Ensemble - La Pouponnière de Mbour, an orphanage for infants in Mbour, Senegal, during the second half of SST.
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Fandène Village
For our service placement, we (Mira Yoder and Olivia Krall) have spent the past few weeks in a village called Fandène. Fandène is located just 7 kilometers east of Thiès. One thing that is unique about Fandène is that the...
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Teranga
What does teranga mean? Two SST students explain this Senegalese value, often translated as good hospitality, which blends welcome, respect and more.
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Griots, Drums, and Dancing
SST Senegal students spend a week on music and the arts, drumming and dancing with Senegal griots, who hold a traditional role in West African cultures.
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Village Artisinal
On June 6, our group stopped by Village Artisanal de Thiès, where local artisans make and sell their crafts. The village is in an older part of the city and is surrounded by large, beautiful trees. The village itself consists...
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Connecting with Kids
Suzanna My name is Suzanna Yoder, and I’m an upcoming senior, social work major. Coming into SST, I was hoping for a host family with many kids. Looking back, I’m thankful that my host family only has one child, as...
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Retrospective: Beer-Sheba and Ndem Development Projects
SST Senegal students visit two development projects near Thiès: Beer-Sheba, a Christian agricultural education project, and Ndem, a community NGO.
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Farewell and Departures
On Friday night we celebrated our host families with a small program and party. Adama opened the meeting and translated when necessary. David gave a small thank you from Goshen College. The heart of the program was statements of gratitude...
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Cooking and Eating in Senegal
Two Goshen College SST students reflect on Senegalese food, cooking and eating local dishes, and what meals reveal about daily life and culture.
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Navigating the Language Barrier
In this post, Emma Zehr and Caleb Gingerich reflect on their experience with language in Senegal. French and Colonialism My host family does not speak any English. I took a semester of elementary French prior to arriving in Senegal, a...
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A Visit to the Village
After two busy day trips, we spent Saturday in the village of Ngollar. Adama, our local coordinator, and his extended family invited us to visit their village to get a sense of rural life in Senegal. We knew that there...
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Religion In Senegal
SST students learn about religion in Senegal, from Sufi Islam and its brotherhoods to Christianity and animism, through a week of lectures and visits.
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Politics, Religion and Tourism in the City of St. Louis
On Thursday and Friday of our second week of study we visited Saint-Louis. Saint-Louis is located at the mouth of the Senegal River a few kilometers from Mauritania. It is the site of West Africa’s first French settlement and is...
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Tourism and World Heritage on Gorée
Breeana Wheeler is a biochemistry major and Brandon Jimenez is a peace, justice and conflict studies major. In this post they reflect on the tensions between tourism, being a tourists and remembering the history of the slave trade at this...
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Week One
Language During our first week in Senegal we connected with host families and figured out the rhythms of study. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday mornings consist of language study. Yacine Diatta teaches an hour of Wolof. Then students have an hour...
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Encountering Senegal – Bienvenue!
On the evening of May 6, a Friday night, fifteen Goshen College students flew into Blaise Diagne International Airport. The airport is 45 kilometers east of Dakar and some 25 kilometers from Thiès where the Goshen College Senegal program is...
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Returning to Senegal
In early April, the Yoder Lind family returned to Senegal. We came early to prepare for this summer’s Goshen College semester of global engagement in the land of Teranga –a Wolof word roughly translated as hospitality but with shades of...