Senegal

Stories from Senegal

Every Peace Corps Volunteer has a story to tell. Read stories from Volunteers about what it's like to live and work in Senegal.

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Cheese, Anyone?
Desja Fagins

Welcome to the Louga Region of Northern Senegal! Your complimentary camel and jug of warm milk await.

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Photo Essay: Transforming Senegal’s soil, one tree at a time
Caitlin Fellows

How strong is your soil? Does it have muscles?

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Photo Essay: Dry season seminars with smallholder farmers in Senegal
Chad Oliver

My wife Abigail and I are Peace Corps Volunteers in Senegal, working on projects in sustainable agriculture and agroforestry. 

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Growing businesses through partnerships
Juan Pablo Giraldo

Juan Pablo (J.P.), a volunteer working in the Fatick region of Senegal met Malamine Diagne at the local post office where Mr. Diagne works. 

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Happy Birthday
Jordyn Iger

On July 15, 2017, at around 7:30 AM, a little girl named Mariama was born at the health facility in a tiny Pulaar herding village in northern Senegal.  

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The Work of Women
Franco LaTona
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The Senegalese Wedding
Caitlin Fellows

The food, the music, the dancing: a Senegalese wedding is always a memorable experience.

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Creating a water pipeline for a healthier future
Conor Byrnes

Upon arriving to his village in northern Senegal, Peace Corps Volunteer Conor was struck by two things: the people, kind and resilient, and the heat, dry and persistent.

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Nearly 80 Edison students wrote stories in French for elementary students in Senegal and art students at the school illustrat
How 80 handmade books connected students in Ohio with students in Senegal
Paul D. Coverdell World Wise Schools

Over summer vacation, Peace Corps Senegal Volunteer Rachel Wallace observed that school-aged children in her village were frequently watching soap operas or soccer matches on television.

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Ian Thompson, a current Volunteer and Anderson’s son, joined the presentation virtually with about 15 of his students from hi
An inside look into the Peace Corps experience
Paul D. Coverdell World Wise Schools

Middle school students at State College of Florida Collegiate School (SCFCS) recently got an inside look into the Peace Corps experience.  

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