Senegal: Culture and Service
December 26, 2019 – January 10, 2020
Best Photos- Lindsey Duquette
As many others have shared, picking a favorite photo was extremely difficult for me. It’s so hard to try and capture the incredible experience we had in just a few pictures. The two that I did choose were from Waranka, as that was my favorite part of the trip. One being the little hands waving…
Favorite Photos – Rachel Lyons
Throughout the whole trip I ended up not taking too many photos; I really wanted to just be present and experience every moment to the best of my ability so most of my photos are from the day where I wrote the blog, giving me a limited selection. But here are a few of my…
Best photos: Hayley Jensen
In the time since we’ve been home, I think I’ve looked through pictures of our journey every single day! Now that it’s cold and snowing constantly, I am desperate for some sun! I think I must have taken around million photos, so it is difficult for me to pick only two of my favorites. However,…
Our last day in Senegal
January 9th was our final day in Senegal. It started off with a guest lecture from a woman that works for an NGO called yellitaare. The goal of the NGO is to empower woman. Specifically, combating incision and child marriages. Although these practices do not happen throughout Senegal, they are common in some areas and in…
Did you see that zebra?
You know what they say, a new year a new adventure and a new blog post! The morning began with the sweet smell of freshly herbed eggs and pineapple juice poured straight from the carton of course. Despite a mild case of being locked out of my room and not being able to see due…
Best Photos: Corey Pabst
I had a hard time choosing just two pictures to post so I ended up doing four. I absolutely love the first picture because this little boy followed us around the Grand Mosque and was absolutely fascinated by us. Every time I went to take a picture he would pretend he didn’t see me taking…
Toubabs in Touba
Touba was such a unique experience for all of us. Touba is the holy city for the Murids, the biggest brotherhood in Senegal. The girls soon found out that we were not as prepared as we thought we were. We were under the impression that we just had to cover our hair but we soon…
Best Pictures: Maggie Fennelly
I like this image because I think it really captures the relationships that many of us formed with the students in Waranka. I always noticed the same few kids would seem to flock to the same St. Mike’s students and to me that showed despite the fact that we couldn’t always communicate with words to…
Joal-Fadiouth and the Great Baobab Tree
Friday, July 8th began with our group waking up in different accommodations than our usual residence in the Point E neighborhood of Dakar. We were woken up by the calls of goats and donkeys in a scenic rural lodge, where each of us stayed in a cabin. It would be the beginning of a unique…
Best Photos: Tiana Dunne edition
The photos I picked summarized my personal highlights from the trip. I loved spending time at the Waranka school and getting to interact with them on so many occasions. The glass painting was one of my favorite moments and isn’t like anything I have ever done before. I don’t really even consider myself and artistic…
O Good Food
Our entire trip in Senegal has been cautiously led by the brilliant SIT members and our professors, today however, we were set free to roam the city of Dakar to our own devices. While the others decided to go further downtown before choosing a restaurant, Katie, Rachel, and I (Samantha) walked to the marvelous O’Good…
Best Photos- Luke Tancredi
Over the course of the last two weeks here in Senegal we have had the opportunity to visit many important sites, take part in service at Waranka GR as well as take some pretty epic photos as well. In the last two weeks there have been quite a lot of pictures taken from all the…
My favorite photos! -Katie Tota
While this trip has focused on culture and service in Senegal, I could not help but notice and think about the environmental aspects I have been witnessing here. As an environmental studies major and an intern at the farm, I find it interesting to make connections between the things we are learning about the society…
A Day In Guinaw Rails: Waranka GR and The Guinaw Rails English Family
Going back a few days to January 4th, on this day we had a lot of things going on. We spent the entirety of the day in Guinaw Rails. Part of the day was spent at the Waranka playing with the kids, but we also were given a tour of the community. Guinaw Rails is…
Best Photos!!
Coming soon! Every student will post 2 photos (or more) — it can be something or someone that was meaningful to them, beautiful, surprising… They’ll add captions to explain briefly why they chose the photos. I can’t wait to see what’s coming!! Laurence
Our final celebration at Waranka GR
Today was our final day at Waranka GR, and for me it was an especially bittersweet day. We could feel the excitement from the kids when we walked into the building. Us college kids were messing around waiting for the day to begin by practicing our juggling and clapping games when heads started peaking out…
Monuments, Museums, Markets, and More!
Today, January 5th, our class had another full day of adventure! We began with a trip to the African Renaissance Monument. This is a project that began with Senegal’s third president, Abdoulaye Wade and was opened in 2010. He hoped that it would become a major tourist attraction. It was meant to symbolize the strength…
Lecture & Museum of Black Civilizations
We started out the day with a lecture at SIT on immigration from Thiaroye (the area just outside the city of Dakar where we work at the school). He talked about how the ways in which immigration from Senegal to Europe have changed, the idealized prospects that Europe holds are still prominently held ideas in…
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