Children

The children in Senegal were amazing. So many beautiful faces, so much hope in their eyes. They were all so excited to see us, to touch us, to follow our movements and watch us.

I spent some time last night with some African friends at their house. We talked a lot about the children, and how the key to change the poverty in Senegal (and in other parts of Africa) is to educate the children. A new friend, Samba, told me that he feels that for those who are living here, it is a terrible injustice for them not to bring their children to the United States to educate them. He sees that the only hope is to begin to educate the children so that they can learn to break the cycle of poverty. But then, the more we bring children here, the more they become American, and not African. They give up their culture to have a chance at a better life.