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Only 24 Days left, until the Grand Opening of the Kindergarten in Goudiabya on 5 November 2018

Heavy and longer than normal lasting rainfalls as well as a very fierce wind, put a stop to our work for a full week, after I had arrived back on 4 October. Not a single truck could drive to the kindergarten and no grass could get cut (it had grown into a meadow with high bushes in between in only 4 monts time).

Looking on the bright side, this gave me time to move into my and my partner Elhadji's new home. It took six very loaded donkey carts to transport my things and one day to unpack and get organized. I am starting to feel at home, even though lots of things are still very improvised.

I experienced a very special general assembly on 6 September.

The decision to invite all of the members as well as the sponsors (from CHF 100.- on up), for an aperitif after the official part was done, was a great success. For more than an hour I told our guests about our kindergarten projects and about the lifestyle and culture of Senegal. Their interest was palpable. It seems I was able to immerse our visitors with my speech, accompanied with pictures and videos into the culture of Senegal, Senegal itself and my work there.

After our «Chef de maçon», Alfredo Dos Santos had laid a good foundation, he had to leave our employment. The quality of his work was flawless, but he was working on too many other building sites as well and couldn't meet our timeline with enough workers.