August 2010
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May 2010
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I'm feeling nostalgic so I'm posting photos from 6...
Being in the U.S. also means that I have high-speed internet so I’m not as choosy about the photos I post. There are a lot.
March 2010
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February 2010
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I've said a lot of goodbyes in the last month and...
December 20 was the day our program officially ended. Most of the students left on the 20th and most of the students leaving took the 2 a.m. flight to Dulles. Some took the 3:55 a.m. flight to JFK. Others made connections in Paris, Madrid, or other European cities. So, on December 19 at 10 p.m., a large group of toubabs and our friends/families gathered at the Ouakam bus terminus to see off some...
January 2010
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Orientation for the Spring Semester in Dakar...
Abbey and Kiersten are going through all that first-week craziness that my friends and I went through back in August. They all moved into their homestays today. Kiersten is even living in Ouakam.
It’s really weird to read their blogs and see their posts on facebook. I’m excited for them and for the semester they’re going to have, but it’s so weird. I don’t even know...
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24 hours ago I was drinking Fanta while a hoard of...
13.5 hours ago I was at the airport trying to hold back tears while I let Malang and Papis know that I would see them soon—Inshallah. This is all so weird.
December 2009
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I just saw a busload of students off and said lots...
I’ll see at least one more off tonight and a handfull more before I leave. I’m not the last one here but I’ll be one of four (that I know of) staying through the first moment of the new year.
It’s really weird how fast it all went.
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Dindefelo, Reflections: Part III
11.05.09
Although Daniel stays in a compound with a well-off family, we did not have electricity or running water. It is not something we expected to find there and we managed well without it. The family was, however, able to watch TV or listen to the radio by hooking them up to Daniel’s host brother’s motorcycle. It’s pretty clever. We spent most dinners eating around the bowl...
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A reflection piece I wrote for Senegalese Society...
11.12.09
Before last week and before coming on this program, whenever I would think about my potential future involvement in international development, I would have these grand ideas of working for USAID, the UN, or some well known international NGO. I had visions of myself writing policy and traveling through developing countries to familiarize myself with issues facing different regions. I...
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My host mom’s husband died this morning. He got malaria three days ago. He was doing better yesterday. But today he’s not here.
I talked to my mom today on Skype. I told her about the situation here. Then she told me that my grandfather was diagnosed with liver cancer.
Today’s been kind of a shit day.
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Dindefelo, Reflections: Part II
11.05.09
Daniel didn’t come with us Thursday morning up the mountain because he had a meeting at the village middle school. Tim, another PCV, had come over from his village the day before to help us with our garden. He came with us up the mountain.
Tim was originally stationed in Mauritania but got evacuated earlier this year. He is now completing his two years with the Peace Corps in...
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Dindefelo, Reflections: Part I
11.05.09
I really enjoyed my rural visit. It was a good experience to stay with a Peace Corps Volunteer. Daniel has been in Senegal for over a year and a half. He leaves at the end of March. He was honest and sincere about everything we asked him. I was able to spend the week really thinking about my time here. Despite how much down time I have in Dakar, I hadn’t spent time thinking about...
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