I have set up this site to post pictures, comments, stories and to be able to communicate with friends while working and living in West Africa for the next six months.
From January 27 to March 30 I will be in Benin working with Youth Challenge International on youth empowerment and employment programs as well as HIV/AIDS awareness. This is the first time that YCI and Oxfam Quebec have worked in Benin and it should be really exciting to help set up the program.
Benin is the "heartland" of Voodoo (animism) and I am very excited to learn about the history of the region, slavery, its impact a... full info