I am in Senegal for the next week in a half…and I’ve been sharing a bunch of my journey on my Facebook page and Instagram, but I also wanted to share some of it here =)
Why am I in Africa? Because that’s where my hubby is from =) I met my hubby in Senegal in 2010…you can read more about that here: http://www.fitwithrachel.com/life-adventure
My post about the Talibe: (EDIT: I will be working on a way to accept donations, thank you so much for asking!! Be on the lookout in the next few days =)
First day in Senegal…it’s always a bit of culture shock when I come to Africa. As soon as we got off the plane at 5am we were greeted by talibé. Talibé are very poor boys in Senegal, they are about 50,000 of these kids just in Senegal who are out all day begging for money…it’s basically a form of child slavery and they have a certain quota they have to hit each day or they get beaten their clothes are torn, and it breaks my heart every time I see them (which is very often here). To the first two that we saw we gave them a hot meal and new clothes for them to wear…I wish I could do that for ALL of them. Count your blessings and be GRATEFUL…right now if you have food in your belly and more than 1 or 2 pairs of clothes, you are WEALTHY by the majority of the worlds standards. What are you grateful for today?
TJ loves meeting his cousins =)
Beautiful day at the beach with our new friends =) TJ had a blast!
More beach fun =)
love these two <3
Here’s a bit of Africa….if you’ve never been there before, does anything surprise you? Watch here:
https://www.facebook.com/RachelNgomFitness/videos/828098603925207/
And if you want to donate to support the children, you can do that here: http://tinyurl.com/donatesenegal
