Segou Ecolodge Project

I wish I could say I was starting a project in Pout that had the word "ecolodge" in it, but alas, no one else sees Pout as the bumpin' tourist hot spot that I claim it to be.

My good friend Zach, however, does live somewhere that is exotic, beautiful, and interesting enough to have an ecolodge. He lives way down yonder in the southwestern most region of Senegal called Kedougou (where, if you follow my blog, I spent my 4th of July this year). The Kedougou region is one of the most beautiful regions in the country and Peace Corps places many ecotourism volunteers there to garner interest in local tourism. Zach was one of our "Mauritanian refugees," kicked out of Mauritania with his fellow volunteers when the country became too dangerous to sustain a Peace Corps program. Instead of high tailing it back to the States, Zach chose to extend for a year in Senegal to work on the continued development of an ecolodge in a little village called Segou. Zach has now extended his extension in order to see the project through until the very end...but he needs some help!

Instead of explaining the project in detail, I'll let you read about it if you are so inclined:

http://sites.google.com/site/segouecolodge/

It's a great project and Zach is one of the most dedicated volunteers I know, so if you're in the giving mood, please help him out and donate a few bucks. Tis the season after all!

Cheers:)