One more class to go until I get to go home for lunch, just one more class to go. After being in Thies for the weekend it meant I had to do all my washing early this morning before classes so I'm feeling the need for a refuel! I finish at the CEM at 2.30pm and then it's onto the art club from 3.30 until 6pm - nothing like a busy start to the week! Things really feel to be winding down at school though and last weekend we had a semi-prizegiving, semi-end of year c...

Firstly, Happy Easter everyone! Hope you all have a nice Easter weekend and enjoy a bit of relaxing and whatever else you get up to.My actual Easter holidays finished around 2 weeks ago now so now it's back into the last semester before the summer. The holidays were very busy but very good. After Kaolack we met the 2 new volunteers from Ziguinchor and went to the desert of Lompoul and did a bit of camel riding (uncomfortable) and then I picked up my parents from ...

Back in Kaolack now in Diapolante's sparkling IT room. Things have changed a little here since November and now it's full of people, computers and English posters as well as pictures of the crew running it. Orlando is doing an English lesson on objects in the room at the moment and there's a lot of chanting and laughing going on, definitely enjoying it! Louise and I are here until Friday when I'm heading up to Dakar to collect my parents from the airport - very e...

And it's time for yet another blog entry now we're into March. I imagine spring is beginning p^roperly back home and while it was never exactly winter here the days are getting hotter and it's almost light these days when I buy bread for breakfast. Returned home yesterday from a quick trip to Dakar which turned into a slightly longer trip. The intention had been to leave by 7am on Saturday and come home the same evening to visit the International fair and help su...

Taking opportunity of the internet room at the lycée which has both power and internet at the same time for once to write this so lets hope it holds out. It seemed the Senegalese government had been being true to their word after christmas and paying the salaries of all the teachers until this last week when strikes have begun again and many of the classes are desperately behind. Compositions are being done at the moment to count towards end of year grades but...