This Senegalese Life

During my baseline survey, many of the 62 family compounds I interviewed talked about wanting a latrine. There were some pre-existing latri...

Last week the last of the materials (the PVC pipes for ventilation) were delivered to my host fmaily's compound. The truck showed up re...

The materials for my latrine arrived! Or, most of them did. Everything except the sections of PVC pipe that will be used to provide pit ven...

It's been a busy few weeks here in Kédougou. We got four new Agriculture PCVs (and they're awesome), it it suddenly freezing cold ...

So, we love our Regional House. It's where we come to get our mail, check our e-mail, get our protein fixes, stock up on vegetables, ta...

Back in August my amazing grandmother (with lots of support from my equally amazing mother and family) decided to celebrate her birthday b...

Diarrhea is no fun. Many things can contribute to high levels of diarrheal diseases, including improper hand-washing (i.e., without soap) a...

Today I'm going to go into the market to finish buying things for installation at my site. Peace Corps gives us an installation allowanc...