Senegal
Peace Corps in Senegal
Volunteers in Senegal work with their communities on projects in agriculture, the environment, community economic development, and health. During their service in Senegal, Volunteers learn to speak local languages, including Bambara, Fulakunda, Jaxanke, Mandinka, Pulaar du Nord, Pulafuta, Seereer, and Wolof.
Volunteers
Current: 263
To Date: 3946
To Date: 3946
Program Dates
1963-present
Official Language
French
Volunteer Openings in Senegal
View allDirector's WelcomeRecently, a renowned international human rights advocate from Senegal told me that his life’s trajectory was set in the mid-1960s by a Peace Corps Volunteer English teacher. How an individual Volunteer changes lives may never be known – or may only be revealed decades later – but change lives, we do.
Cheryl Gregory Faye, Country Director
Current Projects in Senegal
Stories from Senegal
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How 80 handmade books connected students in Ohio with students in Senegal
An inside look into the Peace Corps experience
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