10,000 Girls of Senagal

10,000 girls logoThom H writes over on Philly Future about a new venture he's taken on in rural Senagal, 10,000 Girls.

A little background on the program over there in west Senegal:

To offer education and employment opportunities for 10,000 Girls in rural Senegal, enabling them to develop as self-reliant and capable women, through a self-sustaining organization run by the girls themselves.

The blog, written predominantly by girls from the Kaolack region of Senegal, is written in French and Wolof. Let's see if the seven years of French I took from 7th grade through college has stuck with me at all…

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5 Comments on “10,000 Girls of Senagal”

  1. Ellen Says:

    I might know about 6 words of French still – good luck!

  2. Thom H Says:

    Albert, thanks for the notice. I speak no French myself, and so conducted all our training classes with students from Suffolk University Dakar as translators. Good fun! My best, and I hope to run itno you @ DL in July.

  3. Societas » Philly Future, AroundPhilly.com helping 10,000 Girls to narrow the digital divide Says:

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  4. thanks Says:

    hi Philly

    my friend and i would like to thank you very much for giving us this attention. Like you we hope that the others follow you and do the same in order to promote this site. thank you again and god bless you.

  5. Mart Says:

    Hi everyone,

    Just trying to be a little bit better in my french.
    I gat to do that by speaking with u guys "in french"
    wish to be perfect sonnest.
    4505957….Merci

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