International Day of the Girl

The International Day of the Girl was October 11th and to celebrate, SeneGAD (Senegal's Gender and Development Committee) decided to do a country-wide discussion and photo project. In our sites, we asked girls to fill in the sentence "I am..." and we talked to the girls about all the positive attributes they had. I cannot tell you how much fun I had with this. They immediately latched onto the concept and we had a great discussion about who they felt they were, what they wanted for themselves, and how to toppitaade hoore ma or "take care of yourself/your life." The discussion was for them, but their amazing answers are written in English for you all. Enjoy!

The boys wanted to get in on the fun too! 

 (soccer player)