Composting: the Way to World Peace

Yesterday was the first day of technical training. Finally we got to go out and play in the dirt! There were 4 stations to rotate through: Soil fertility, double-digging, making vegetable pépinières, and composting. I'm so pumped! This stuff is actually applicable and could be used back in the  States too. Also, composting is an integral part of achieving world peace. Proper composting leads to better food security which leads to less fighting which leads to world peace. Who knew haha.

Dancing and drumming<3

We also got our language assignments. It's super exciting because this is going to be our lives for the next two years. I'm happy to have gotten Wolof because unlike the minority languages it's used throughout the entire country. Tomorrow a group of three other girls and our language teacher and I leave for Ker Madaro, where our first training host families are. For the next two months we'll move back and forth from the training center to the village. At the end if we pass the language exam we get sworn in. (November 30th!!!) During parts of the day we'll have language lessons and the rest will be spent alone with our respective families. It's exciting and nerve wracking to be immersed in a language I barely know, in a culture so different from that which I grew up in. By the end I hope to have basic communication skills, Senegalese friends, be confident in my technical skills, and have a better idea of cultural norms. Then maybe this place will start to feel a little more like home.