They’d never put a mutton up there? ohhhh yes, yes they would and we see it often. On top of busses or cars and you might even want to ask Argo about INSIDE cars??? What could go wrong?? There’s no way i’ll get a ticket for my burnt out headlight and this guy won‘t even Read More

Well, our Son of Africa Cup was a great success. We had many boys from the area participate for the Cup. As every year, we spend a fair amount on soccer balls that we hand out in the community. Once word is out, there seems to be an endless stream of little visitors to our Read More

So today I got a message from a friend back home.  Put me in a frame of mind to get writing again about my time here in Senegal.  Her comment was that my picture of life here gave the appearance of a “chill” lifestyle which, in fact for the most part, is true, but it Read More

Volunteer tourism and Help stays….   Son of Africa will soon be opening its doors to Volunteer Tourism and Help Stays.  Through this program, we invite volunteer travelers to join us at Son of Africa where you will work among the boys, in the project and, sometimes, in the local community.  Volunteering provides tourists with Read More

A couple of days ago, a turn of events had us heading in a different direction from where we had originally planned. Having done some research on different organizations and NGO’s working in Senegal, I knew of an orphanage in a nearby city that I had hoped to visit one day. Turns out that this Read More

My time here in Africa is coming to an end and I have to say that this year has been a challenge, more than most years.  A hacked bank account, car problems, water issues, trying to obtain required documents, internet and power outages are just a few of the bigger problems that had me taking Read More

I’ve been going through pictures from my last stay in Senegal.  During my last week there I had taken some time to walk along the beach to the nearby boys enjoying tea brewed over coals in a makeshift tin stove, women preparing and cooking meals on the beach and always, without fail, massive amounts of Read More

A couple years ago I met a small group of beach boys that frequent the sandy shores below Son of Africa.  I have an earlier post entitled “He Calls Me Baby” that tells a little story about our first few meetings.  I had a good laugh when Argo sent me these pictures and told me Read More

  Feeling empty tonight…..   A couple of days ago I logged into the website of Mario Cruz, a crazy talented photographer and photojournalist from Portugal.  One of his articles, “The Truth About Child Trafficking in Senegal”, was recently featured in Newsweek and his photograph won the World Press photo contest in the Spot News Category.  Read More