DC and Chris have come to a compromise. Anyone less than 10 km from the Senegal River and Mauritanian border will be moved to a site farther from the river. This means the two volunteers in Richard-Toll, one volunteer in Dagana, two volunteers in Matam, and the three of us in Podor are moving sites. Most people are being moved to nearby towns where they can still work by day in their old sites on ongoing projects. Paul and I are being moved to Ndioum, the location of our regional house. We will be about 40 km from Podor and can go back and forth to do work. We are familiar with Ndioum and have done some work there in the past. I am happy that the larger majority of residents in Ndioum speak Pulaar only (unlike the higher concentration of Wolof and French spoken in Podor).
In other news, Paul applied for the SeneGAD (Senegal Gender and Development) Nationwide Coordinator position and is now the new SeneGAD president!
Maddy
Paul
February 23rd, 2011 at 20:59
Congrats to Paul, and glad to hear that you two are both safe! We miss you guys!
February 25th, 2011 at 14:22
Maddy & Paul, Glad to hear you are both safe. Congratulations Paul! Fondly, Joey & Norm
February 26th, 2011 at 23:37
Oh gosh, that is crazy happenings… Embarrassingly, I don’t remember the incident you were just talking about (two posts before). Glad you two are safe, though! It sounds like you two have already done a lot, making positive waves. yup. Keep it up!
Evan
February 27th, 2011 at 22:56
I don’t remember it eitherr D: But I remember the retinal-detachment scare at the bottom of the slide at that one party with Addie and the time that someone almost ran you over with their bike outside of Hilgard Apt. Eee. And now this about Al Qaeda. Soggy’s always living life on the wild side..
I miss you, of course! ^_^ Does (Stinky) Paul’s new position mean you two will be staying longer in Senegal than originally planned?
March 1st, 2011 at 20:04
Whew!!
All my love to you, Paul and Maddy.
Grandma
March 1st, 2011 at 20:08
I wanted to say, congratulations, Paul. Hearing about your experiences made me forget. I have been getting the news from Ellen and for some reason didn’t anything would be on the website.
XOXOXO, Grandma