Friends of Gueoul

Rotary has partnered with Peace Corps in Senegal to create a unique partnership in Gueoul. The project combines a computer classroom with a Cyber Cafe- a business that sells access to the Internet, photocopying, lamination, and other goods, and the profits go to pay the salaries of classroom teachers and the other expenses of the classroom. The project is run by a current serving Peace Corps Volunteer, who is helping to make the Cafe sustainable.

Classroom users

A French class at a highschool in Boulder has connected with the Lycee in Guéoul. The teachers in Guéoul and Boulder conferenced via Skype to plan how to work out a joint lesson plan between the two classes. The students exchanged essays and biographies. Then, one day the Guéoul students tromped through that hot sand over to the InformatiqueSkyped the Boulder students. Yalla, baax ne! God is good. That’s what they say over there when a good thing happens. See the disbelief and awe on these faces? They are talking to fellow students 5,400 miles away. A grandmother has also connected with her grandson. Fatou is 93 years old, and her grandson is in the States. They both feared that she would die before they got to see each other again. She managed to walk to the Informatique. I was there and watched the joy and warmth as they talked to each other for 20 minutes. For more information about the project, please visit the Friends of Gueoul website.