Olivia Pazona - 2024

What was a favorite memory from your time in Senegal?

One of my favorite moments from the trip was from the first day at the learning center. It was later in the day and our group was outside with a bunch of the kids and they were teaching us their hand games. Then, Paige and I came up with an idea to make a circle and show them a game we new. The game is played by singing a song and then counting to ten as you are hitting the persons hand next to you and whoever is landed on on the number ten removes a hand. Since we were playing with younger kids and there was a language barrier we changed the rules to when you land on ten the kid gets twirled around. Every time a kid would be landed on and spin you could tell how happy and filled with joy they felt. I remember the circle just kept growing throughout the game, and every single person had a smile on their face.