Student Leadership Trek targeted Grade 10 students throughout The Gambia with the aim of empowering and building the capacities of young people to be role models at their schools and in their communities. The trek traveled to six schools and taught a curriculum aimed at teaching tenth grade boys and girls the importance of working as equal partners to build educated, economically-sustainable communities.
I knew Peace Corps would be an “emotional rollercoaster,” but in all honesty, the experience would be more aptly labeled “2-year bipolar episode.”
Having my parents meet each other was a special occassion. They had all seen dozens of pictures and heard so much about each other but…
Guess what always happens when I go on vacation? Of course I have a great time, but that’s not what I was thinking. I gain…
An ironic contrast to the bold label above the door, the dark storage closet looked like anything BUT a library. Books filled unopened boxes sealed with cobwebs. More books stacked up broken shelves amid piles of rat poop. And even more books littered the dusty cement floor. Termites had sawn through dozens of pages, and dirt caked dozens more. Books, yes; a library, not quite.
Sorry! I’ve been in a bit of a blogging slump. I have a million excuses that are all true and false at the same time….
