Category: Senegal 2025-26
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Lesson Learned
By William Flagg Preface: If you’ve never met me before, bonjour. Most people call me Will, Flagg, or Bill (Sorry mom). Like a lot of kids my age, for most of my life I was irresponsible. It was pretty normal to be childish as a child, and logically, I was not trusted much by my…
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Connecting Unexpectedly
By Coco Durant Connection. It can come in many ways. It can happen with people of all ages, nature and animals. It can happen when you least expect it. I was not expecting much of Senegal. I have traveled to 14 different countries across the globe and I felt like I had probably already seen…
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No Man is an Island
By Kaia Deane When we were at the Lion Camp, we all were playing UNO with the staff. They kept saying “if you’re not tired, I’m not tired. If you’re happy, I’m happy.” That related to the Senegalese proverb because they are considerate about other people and what they want. If someone doesn’t want to…
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The People Opened my Eyes
By Robert Leipertz When Mr.Alter said we were going to a soccer game, the last thing I was expecting was dancing in the first half and to be at the top of the stands playing drums in the second. I was expecting it to be like sporting events that I have been to in the…
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Crossing the Ocean and Finding Peace
By Kaden O’Brien-James When you were in fifth grade, if you had to do a poster board presentation on a country for your cultural heritage project, what country would you choose? I actually chose Senegal with some of my ancestors being from here. As part of my presentation, I even played a song on a…
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A New Mindset
By Christopher Rhoads III All my friends and family know where I usually spend my time. They know that I am a workaholic when it comes to getting things done on the farm. Whenever I have a chance I will go home to get the next thing completed. In the process of trying to get…
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Little Things
By Olivia Wolff In America, we often forget or overlook the little things in life because we just want more of the big and exciting things. Something I’ve realized being in a small village on the side of the highway, is that you really do need to treasure the little things – whether it’s playing…
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Measured by Smiles
By Lenka Banic Days in Senegal pass quickly. Exploring the surroundings, meeting new people, and driving along the scorching roads made the first week fly through my mind like a dream. Everything I had the chance to experience left a mark on me that will never fade from my memory. That is exactly why I…
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Flip Flops
By Harrison Hinton From India sophomore year to Senegal senior year, my flip flops have been everywhere. As soon as the weather warms up they become my daily footwear. I recognize that my flip flops of all things might at first be an odd thing to think about, furthermore to write a blog post about.…
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Sharing the World
By Barbara Smith Today is March 4th, and so far it has been one of my favorite days of the trip, even though it began with me leaning out the window of a moving van, throwing up. Despite that less-than-ideal start, I pushed through and ended up having an amazing time on the safari and…
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Tickle fights, fishing, and my connection to the people.
By Jacob Carey Going fishing and talking to the guides the best that I could, made me realize I’m not so different from the people of Senegal. They live a laid back life and don’t seem to be in a rush or get upset over the little things, they’re just living life and having fun.…
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Breaking the Cycle
By Stella Mayhew In America we are focused on the next thing. I always hear: What college do you want to go to? What do you want to study? What line of work do you want to go into? These questions are all about the future and not what’s going on right around you. The…
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Update from Niokolo Koba
We just got back about an hour ago from a full 36 hours in Niokolo Koba, West Africa’s largest national park. It was a great, albeit dusty, adventure. We saw giant antelope that stand almost 7 feet at the shoulder, families of warthogs, dozens of bird species, civets and hyenas, fish shimmering in deep water…
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Haste Makes Waste
By Mare Barasik Salutations everyone, The first thing we saw when we arrived in the village was a welcoming energy, with everyone smiling, and more than one person offering to help us as a group. When we were trying to carry our bags, people came from all around to help. When we had questions, people…
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