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Our bathroom

You know the bathroom’s going to be gross, so you hold it and hold it until you HAVE to go. But then you have to try and restrain yourself, because the harder you pee, the more it splashes. Choose door A, you pee on poop and deal with the disturbing possibility that poop water could splash on you. Door B means peeing in a hole. That’s fine when it’s not stopped up, but most of the time it’s stopped up which means other people’s pee splashes on you. Incidentally, this is also where you take your bucket shower.
Rural visit

November 15th 2005
Part of the CIEE program in Senegal is a week in a rural village. We went in small groups to various areas outside of Dakar. Each group worked with an NGO. I decided to work with Aprofes, the organization I’d visited with my gender class. Libby, Elizabeth, and I left Dakar in a sept-place early Tuesday morning. When we got to Kaolack, we took a taxi to the Aprofes office. A woman ... read more
Africa » Senegal » Kaolack Region » Mbamb

Senegalese Flag Independent from France in 1960, Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982. However, the envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989. Despite peace... ... read more
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