Posts Tagged ‘Senegal’
Cover image for Tostan.org
Didn’t know I had the cover of their brochure. Tostan.org
Overdue Images from Senegal
Nothing like leaving things on the back burner!
A selection of miscellaneous favorites
Urban Micro Gardening in Thies
Some Senegal Images
The following is just a collection of images from my travels over the last 3 weeks. Special thanks to the NGO Tostan, to the Peace Corps volunteers in Senegal (especially you Tenly and Nicole) and to the lovely people who live in the village of Saam Njaay.
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My last entry from Senegal
I leave tonight. Its my birthday and what a great day it has been so far. This picture is sunrise on the delta in Joal shot a few days ago. More pics to come but they will be posted from the U.S. Happy new year everyone.
Sunset out on the Delta, Senegal
This was the view as I was along for the ride as Molly Melching, CEO of Tostan NGO and Sanjit Bunker Roy of the Barefoot College of Engineers in India visited the last of the day of several small villages in Senegal to discover which 5 villages would be the best to serve as models for the implementation of solar energy. I was recording the conversation during the town hall meeting (a circle of chairs under a beautiful tree.) Just as the conversation turned to the cost of batteries, the battery in my mp3 recorder finally gave out. A villager and I both noticed the sunset and he escorted me out to a good location. In my opinion I was about 5 minutes late for the fiery red sun we both saw from the meeting circle and the ideal baobab tree silhouette still evades me. Senegal. December 25, 2008.
Keur Thione Saar Village in Senegal.
This was the welcoming we received in the village Keur Thione Saar where Beth and I visited an Operation Smile patient that was recovering from surgery. The whole town came out to give us a formal greeting complete with music and dancing. It was one of two villages we visited yesterday, Monday, Dec 22. I hope to go back under less pomp and circumstance.
Dakar, Senegal
This was shot a few days ago while walking along the beach in the N’Gor district of Dakar.
Thies, Senegal
It is Tuesday Dec 23 and I am back in Thies after a few days of R&R in Dakar seeing off the rest of the Operation Smile Mission team members. Yesterday Beth and I went to visit 2 villages. On was the one Tostan was founded in called Saam Njaay and the other was a village called Keur Thione Saar where one of the girls who had been operated on lives in. It was quite a welcoming. Pictures to follow at some point. Today I have been hanging out with Tenley as she distributes micro growing tables to some families. Later she will help the families assemble the tables to be prepared for growing and seeding fruits and vegetables. I have no notes with me at the internet cafe so I can’t be more specific about any details. I am just enjoying an iced glass of ginger juice.
Woman at a Daara which is a Koranic school for children.
Woman bathing
Just a single image from during screening at the hospital.
Goree, Senegal
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