Category: Senegal 2024-25
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Accepting, not judging
By Garrett Fritzlen Before I start this blog post, I want to ask you a question. Have you ever judged something before you got to experience it? When I first arrived at Senegal, as I was looking out of the car, I was initially unsure about the Senegal trip. Looking outside, the first things I…
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Peace of the Region
By Alex Fitzhugh Peace of the Region: I would like to start this off with a simple quote. “If you get the opportunity to do something that comes once in a life time. Do It!” Now I’ll talk about Senegal, a peaceful and calm country on the left side of Africa. Home to millions of…
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The fishing life and what it can teach us
By Brayden Payne When you think of Africa you usually won’t immediately think about water and fishing, but in Senegal it is a different story. At the Hakuna lodge you leave the mainland and development behind and arrive at the island by a canoe with a motor on the back. This boat goes through the…
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What if all you had was what you needed?
By Finley Caisse Day 3, where we went to my first religious experience at Catholic mass wich showed me how even if you were not religious, you were welcome. It was a full service that, from my small amount of french, I could tell was about having discipline and how you are the catalyst for…
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Friend 朋友（peng you）- Ami
By Anson Huang This is my second time coming to Senegal. Before I started this trip, a lot of people asked me why I wanted to go to this African country again. I was trying to think about this question’s answer on the plane ride here. Why did I come to this country? From the…
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Some pictures from Day 1
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Our First Day
The group arrived on Senegalese soil at about 8:15 AM. From there, these are the things we did in the following 14 hours: Parents, please know that your children are thriving so far. This feels like an epic adventure in the making!
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Feeling Indistinguishable
By Mr. Alter The group of students on this particular trip to Senegal represents CCS as fully as any I have taken on a Global Education adventure to date. Within the group, we have a freshman who lives on Faye, a sophomore who lives down the road, two juniors who are here to explore before…
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Teranga Time
The 2024-25 trip to Senegal has begun! The group is en route from campus to West Africa right now and it’s exciting to picture so many excited students embarking on such a big adventure. I have been in the region doing admission work for a few days now and can safely say that arriving in…