Placement! New Cell Phone!

Quickly: I got a new cell phone number: +221 672 03 68

Now for the exciting stuff: where I will be going for the next two years! (and to visit in just a few days). DIARRA PONT near Salemata, 75km outside of the city of Kedougou in southeastern Senegal. It is rather close to the Guinea border (about 25km), and it looks like 150km from the Malian border. I didn't get a lot of preliminary information, but it small! A community with about 275 people.

It was kind of childish the way we found out, but fun nevertheless. Near the back of the training center is a half sized basketball court with a map of Senegal painted on it. We were all blind folded and moved to the area where we will be and given a manila envelope. On a countdown of three, we unblindfolded ourselves to see nearby volunteers and look at our envelope with our site placement. Inside was a map and paperwork from the previous volunteer with information. Some people got a lot, others, not so much. Me, I didn't get a ton of information, but I will be visiting soon, so I'm not too worried! I am really interested to see the ecology! The nearest volunteer will be 6km away, and it sounds like I have evening electricity the same distance away... crazyyy! Good thing I followed through on getting the solar charger!