This Senegalese Life

During my Pre-Service Training (PST) time crawled by so slowly, each day seeming longer and more sweltering than the one before. Twenty-sev...

I'm currently on vacation and will be back in Senegal in April. In the meantime I'm enjoying all the fresh veggies, fancy cheese, ...

Chrishaunakwanstice, Fancy Baking Day, Christmas Adam, White Elephant Night...  I love the holidays. And Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwaanza, and T...

When I walk from my hut to get water (or go to the boutique, or buy a bean sandwich) I usually walk through this field, next to the Sofidete...

So it's  Tabaski  time in Senegal. that means that day before yesterday I gave my family a whole bunch of onions, Maggi bouillon, and ve...

After the  Health/EE Summit my friend  Leah  and I went up to Dakar and had a wonderful time visiting  Rachel  & Emily at their complete...

"It is going well." I had a pretty good week in Darou, my training village, and am back at the Thiès Training Center for the nex...

Last night walking back to my room I looked up at the stars and saw Orion. It's always the first constellation I see, and it made me thi...