Senegal 2012 Fellows
Here is a video that I made for the 2012 Global Citizen Year Fellows of Senegal. I love you and miss you guys! Enjoy!
22 May, 2012
Leaving is not the easiest thing to do.
Dear Journal, It’s my last night in my village of Ngouname, Palmarin, Senegal. I’m currently in the process of wrapping up my packing but I just cant get myself to finish putting the last five things I have in my room in my bag. It’s…
22 May, 2012
Introducing: The Faye Family
Hello Sánchez Family! So as you know, you will be arriving to the wonderful, magnificent, sensational Senegal in only a matter of days. “YAY!” And guess what, people already know your names. So many people in my village are very anxious for your arrival, including…
22 May, 2012
Jean Simeôn Faye
“I love you Jean!” “I love you Tamira (Semira)” Everyday, at least once a day, an exchange of an “I love you” was said between my two year old brother Jean and I. Since I have been here, Jean has become one of my best…
22 May, 2012
A Senegalese Birthday
For the Senegalese, birthdays are seen as ‘not a big deal.’ Since I’ve been here both my mom and my sister’s birthdays have passed, and they treated them just as another day going by. For example, when it came to my 7-year-old sisters birthday. In…
21 May, 2012
A New Kind of Home
In my room. Fan on. Raining outside. Its 10:30 am on a Sunday. While I sit here pondering what to write as my first Senegal post for Global Citizen Year, I feel as if I should give the post some justice. I want people who…
11 November, 2011
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