Category: Senegal 2021-22
A Prayer
By: Gidget Valadez For years, I have been dreaming of this trip. And it is with gratitude that I was afforded the opportunity to attend this year. This was the first Global Ed trip since the onset of Covid and our world is completely different since the India trip of 2020. The unknowns were greater … Continue reading A Prayer
Transformation, day by day
By Gracie Wessinger We just passed the airport on our way into Dakar for our last full day in Senegal. Ms. Valadez “Maman” said, “it feels like a lifetime ago that we left the airport for Bandia’s house.” We tend to think of changes in our lives on a yearly basis: New Year’s resolutions, birthday … Continue reading Transformation, day by day
Thinking about life – America vs. Senegal
By Khoudia Diagne I am so happy to have chosen CCS for my journey in life. I never felt as connected to people as I have during this voyage. I have always had friends but never felt in my adolescence like people could understand both where I am from and where I want to go. … Continue reading Thinking about life – America vs. Senegal
Big Vortex Guy
By Cameron DeVries A vortex can open instantaneously. Swirling, looming, attracting all it finds. Only by escaping yourself, can you escape the pull of the vortex. To those on global trips such as us, the vortex is an ever present danger. One’s personal desires or complacency in their normal lives is what stirs this vortex. … Continue reading Big Vortex Guy
PEOPLE DON’T TAKE TRIPS…
John Steinbeck once wrote that "People don't take trips... trips take people." The last few days of our adventure in Senegal prove exactly that. Our epic journey started before dawn on Wednesday morning in Tambacounda, the dusty crossroads city just north of Niognani. We traveled around The Gambia to Kaffrine, where we took the turn … Continue reading PEOPLE DON’T TAKE TRIPS…
The return to the warm hug
By Mollie Brumfield The last time a CCS Global Ed group traveled to Senegal, Mr. Kempe commented on the first blog post and coined the phrase, “Senegal is like a warm hug”. The return of the Global Ed program couldn’t be happening in a better part of the world, and this intimate group of travelers … Continue reading The return to the warm hug
Bouye near the tree
By Andrew ‘Andre’ Updyke We all know the expression “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”, well in Senegal the Bouye fruit doesn’t fall that far from the Baobab tree, a deep rooted tree at that. I believe kids are a magnification of the culture of a place. Kids are what people place all … Continue reading Bouye near the tree
At the heart of a community
By Bryan Floyd I started my morning off hearing the crow of a rooster as the sun started to rise. I noticed I was the first one in the group awake, so I took advantage the relative quiet to listen to the sounds that surrounded me. As I listened I could hear a wide variety … Continue reading At the heart of a community
Some Photos
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