A few months ago I wrote this in a final financial aid application
to volunteer in Dakar, Senegal:
I recall the various emotions that
crossed my mother’s face when I asked, “Mom, Can I go to Africa to volunteer
this summer?” As protective as she is, she could not deny that I have had a longing
desire to volunteer in a developing country despite having done various
volunteer activities back home (JAMAICA!). With her approval, I had done considerable
research in looking for volunteer programmes in French-speaking Africa, but
sometimes one cannot do it alone. Having been waitlisted for my initial
application to volunteer in Fundong, Cameroon, I realised that desperate times
call for desperate measures. Unwilling to give up so easily and with very
little time to spare, I enlisted the help of ------ ------, Director of
Off-Campus Study at Grinnell, and found an alternate volunteer programme in
Dakar, Senegal.
Now, it seems to only be a few weeks later, but here I am in
Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa.
I have been here for 2.5 weeks now but although I’ve kept a daily
journal… my attempts at starting a travel blog have only now come to fruition.
I hope that you will bear with me and my ridiculous time schedule (40 hours of
combined volunteer service and language training) as I try to share my
experiences with you through this travel blog.
By the beach, near to where I live with my host family in Dakar :)
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