This Senegalese Life

There are a lot of huts in various states of disrepair around. In other parts of the country you'll see mostly apartment buildings...

Waste disposal is a huge problem here; trash cans are often non-existent and littering is completely normal. Sewage, garbage, recyclables, ...

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 spent  Korité , the feast day celebrating the end of Ramadan, in Salémata with my host family. I woke up, puttered around, got my complet...

As I may have mentioned before, traveling is by far my least favorite part of living in Senegal. Most of the time Peace Corps Volunteers...

This past week I spent a few days at the Thiès Training Center, helping with a few sessions during the latest training groups' In-Servi...

As many people know, Peace Corps Volunteers love to describe in unsolicited detail all the positively revolting things that have gone into...