After all the Events, intensive preparations are going on for my return to Senegal on January 14, 2024

The event in the Alpinit on Dec. 10, 2023 was this year's last event before my departure. Unfortunately, due to the many pre-Christmas activities all around, the number of visitors was somewhat low. However, the audience was very enthusiastic about the performance by the play back theater group "geh dicht". Framed by the cozy part, it was still a successful event.

Now my focus is exclusively on the planned project work in 2024, accompanied by a growing longing to work in Senegal again. I miss the children very much. The constant contact with the kindergarten directors in Sedhiou and the fact that we have been working together for several years now makes the preparations increasingly easier. I am particularly pleased that I will not be traveling back to Senegal alone this time, but together with two friends who will be accompanying me for three weeks. They also want to get involved in the play program in the kindergartens, which is a welcome support for me. Together with the local teachers, this will form a larger team, which will benefit the children even more, especially as I want to enrich the variety of play opportunities every year.

With this in mind, I look forward to reporting news directly from Senegal again soon.

For now, I wish you a happy and reflective festive season and a light-filled, healthy New Year.

I would like to express my good wishes with an excerpt from a concert I have just attended by Rahel Giger, accompanied by the Senegalese kora player Moussa Cissokho.

Concert-Video

Herzlich, Marielle Furter