The Diapalante Centre’s first course for 60 talibés is approaching the end of a successful year. The boys have been learning to read and write in Wolof, their mother tongue, along with some basic maths and fun science activities. The early teething problems are giving way to the relief of a job well done. Thank …
A simple challenge that proved great fun! Each team had to design a popcorn holder to hold as much popcorn as possible. They were allowed one sheet of A4 paper and access to scissors, glue, sellotape and a stapler. When they had finished their container was filled with popcorn!
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During this summer of coronavirus lockdown there has been a very active partnership between volunteers in the UK and our teenage Young Leaders in Senegal. They have all been working to address the lack of reading books for children in Senegal. The Centre’s library works hard to provide African and Senegalese storybooks but the majority …
Mid March brought life in Senegal and at The Diapalante Community Education Centre to a sudden halt! The schools are closed, travel between regions is stopped and within regions is restricted. There is a strict curfew, no-one is allowed out at night. Tom and Nathan, the Project Trust volunteers decided to stay and see out …
In February the younger members of the Diapalante Centre in Kaolack wrote about life in Kaolack as part of an annual information exchange with Year 2 of Ashwell Primary School. So here is a glimpse of life in Senegal, West Africa, before coronavirus became a pandemic. (To slow down the slide-viewer move the mouse over …
Tonight we went out for a change …
We have been in need of extra teaching space in the Centre. So recently we combined the resource room, which was used to aid the younger members of the Centre in developing their French ability with the help of the Centre’s Young Leaders, and the library. Moving each of the shelves was no easy task, …
A 40 foot shipping container arrived here from Ashwell last month! This was the result of a lot of hard work from some very generous people who volunteered their time to help hand pack each of the donated resources into the container. Unfortunately some chairs had to remain behind as even a 40 foot container …
Last autumn the Diapalante Community Education Centre asked its teenage members to volunteer as young leaders, leading after-school learning activities for primary school children. Over thirty teenagers stepped forward to run games and activities to help the primary school children master French. The Diapalante “French club” was born. These young leaders now motivate and guide the …
Diapalante youngsters step up to the teaching challenge. Read More »
