The Dawn of a New Era
This is the very first post to my very first blog, so woo-hoo! And thanks for reading :) As you can tell from the title, I'm just a smidge dramatic, so let's jump right on in. Peace Corps has 4 sectors in Senegal: Health, Agroforestry, Agriculture (with sub-groups of Sustainable and Urban Ag), and Community Economic Development. You can learn more about each on the PC website ( https://www.peacecorps.gov/senegal/ ). I will be spending the next 2 years in the Community Economic Development sector--CED for short. At this exact moment in my life, it is two days after Tabaski--a joyous Muslim holiday that I will go into more detail about in the Culture page--and I am finally trying to get this blog up and running. I returned from my In-Service Training about a week ago, so now I can officially start my CED work: entrepreneurship training. Each region is different, but in my town in the region of Fatick, this is what I will be mainly focusing on since that is what the community ...