Mauritania, the sunshine state.

Well, finally the time came. After waiting for 5 long but awesome months, I find myself in the sand dunes of Mauritania. There is so much say, to describe, to do, to show; so thats why I finally decided to open my blog account and share with you my life as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mauritania working as a Girls Education and Empowerment Agent.

Its been one month since I got to Mauritania with other 75 PCVs. Its a very diverse, nice and prepared group which makes this experience way cooler. After living inside the PC center at Rosso for a week, I was sent to a small village at called Mbalal with other 3 volunteers and an awesome facilitator called Rajel to learn to speak Arabic Hassaniya. I'm living with a nice and BIG family that has graciously opened their doors to me. (picture: Habib and Mineya are my siblings.)

So far is has been a great Peace Corps experience, but don't get me wrong, of course I miss home, family and friends. I know that the road laying ahead of me is going to be tough, sometimes lonely and difficult but this is what I signed in for, and with the help of God, Ill continue to have an awesome time and impact the lives of other people. Inshallah