Learning for 100 more adults in Senegal.

Greetings from Senegal. In this report we would like to share with you the story of Marie. She shows how, even today, many people are completely missing out on a school education in Senegal. She is pleased to get the opportunity to start to learn – it is your donations that provide that opportunity for Marie and many others.

Marie is a young adult, 18 years old. She was born in the village of Ker Ngagne Diop, 35km west of Kaolack. She learnt the Qur’an from the age of eight but she never went to school because the nearest school was 3km away and there was no transport. After her parents separated in 2020 her mother remarried and moved with her two daughters to live with her new husband in Kaolack.

As Marie explains “Today I am an apprentice tailor at the central market in Kaolack. I really like this job although my inability to read and write has caused me many difficulties. When I realised I was having problems I came to the Diapalante Community Education Centre. For eight months I have been coming three times a week learning to read, write and do basic sums. Although there is still a lot for me to learn I feel proud that I can now take and write down the clients measurements. I know how to write my name, I am doing well reading and can do easy calculations (adding and subtracting) and tell the time that is shown on my phone. All this is thanks to the Diapalante Centre. In the future I hope to become a designer, have my own dressmaking business and travel the world.

I am very pleased to be a member of the Diapalante Centre, everyone here is so helpful.”