Les Almadies

We've been amazed at the kindness we've encountered on our journey. This evening we got to meet Bindu and Ouma in person. We were introduced on Whatsapp to both women through mutual friends and had been in contact prior to our arrival. They helped us figure out where to stay, plan our itinerary, arranged transport from the airport, and answered all of the many questions before and after we arrived.

We met Ouma for an afternoon snack at Casa Teranga (https://casateranga.com/), a plant based restaurant on the northern coast of Dakar. We had fun learning about her life here and her work with women in entrepreneurship.

We met Bindu in the evening for a drive to the beautiful beach resort Lemantian in the coastal city Salle south of Dakar. When Bindu offered to take us we didn't realize it would be a 2.5 hrs drive making it a 5 hour round trip for her and her husband. We spent the drive learning about her work to bring economic empowerment to women in a small village outside Dakar, and her project to decrease infant mortality rates and medical emergencies during childbirth in a remote mountain village in Liberia where her family is from.

We found that we had any common interests and Bindu invited me to come and work for a few months with women who run the community birthing center that her organization built and supports.

We are so thankful to both Bindu and Ouma for their generosity. They helped to make it a really special visit.Read more