I'm a Peace Corps volunteer working in collaboration with a local organization funded by USAID called Yaajeende. I'm currently living in Ouro Sogui, a town located in the Matam Region. I used to live in a tiny village in the Podor Department called Aram. All of these locations are located in the North of Senegal, also known as the Fouta. I'm an Environmental Education/Preventive Health volunteer.


Monday, July 26, 2010

Trees!

what do you love most about your job?

i love that I can plant trees all the time, and that it's incredibly difficult to get the trees to survive in this environment, the number of opportunities that will arise from these trees. The teaching opportunities. The impact I'll have on the deforestation of the North. The income that can be generated from these trees. The fact that it might not work- and I'll have the learning experience.

Oh and the fact that I can do TONS of other projects in between all of this, but the feeling of having a tree survive in this environment is so rewarding.

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