Friday we were back in language classes in the morning, and at Chez Goshen in the afternoon. Every week students gather at our house where we discuss the book African Friends and Money Matters as a way of thinking about ways we all may see the world differently and some…
Very early Wednesday morning we boarded our trusty bus to head to Dakar for the day. Traffic wasn’t quite as bad as we had anticipated so our early start paid off with some time for students to enjoy the rocks and surf of this western-most tip of the African continent.
If there is such a thing as a “normal day” for Senegal SST, I guess this would have been it. At least a normal schedule: the morning starts with Wolof class, then the two French classes meet. A looooooong break for lunch and a rest, then gathering again for a…
Everyone drifted back to the school this morning from their weekend with their host families. There are LOTS of stories — many of them funny communication snafus, some poignant, some hard. Everyone returned from the weekend having made a good start building good relationships with the people in their homes.
After breakfast this morning students — grouped more-or-less by their host neighborhoods — got into taxies to head to the center of Thiès to do some exploring. They were dropped off at different places and and were given some tasks along the way to help them explore and try out…
Students woke this morning to the call to prayer from the mosque near the guesthouse and, before too long, lots of excited voices from school children arriving at the John Huffmann school that is attached to their guesthouse. Folks there had breakfast ready for them at 8:30 and by…
Just a quick note tonight to say that we are all back in Thies and everyone is accounted for. Students are at the guesthouse in town where they will be sleeping and we will be meeting over the next couple of days. They are all in good form if a…
All is ready for the arrival of our students tomorrow night. Folks at the guest house (“C.A.F.E.”) in Thies (where they will “land” after their bus-ride from Dakar airport) were making up their rooms this morning. Host families are eager to meet them. Adama (our coordinator) and Jan and I…
On Thursday SSTers returned to Thies. They visited with Study Term host families and spent the night in the C.A.F.E. where they took classes. On Friday morning we traveled to Saly where we are staying in Les Flamboyant Hotel. We are presenting our projects, reconnecting and preparing to return home…
Grace, Justine, and Naomi have been spending their service in Pire Goureye, one of the new GC service sites this year. Pire Goureye is a village located approximately 40 kilometers north of Thiès, just outside the town of Tivaoune. Grace and Naomi are living with host families from the…
