Our CEO Michael Benedek is about to embark on a trip to Senegal with Team Daya, a group of executives from the advertising & technology industries who are building primary schools in some of the most impoverished places in the world that lack adequate school structure.
Team Dayā (Dayā means kindness in Nepali) was founded in 2018, and completed its first school groundbreaking in Dhayapur, Nepal in October 2019. The group has plans to fund two additional schools, one in Senegal and one in Central America.
Michael, along with other Team Daya members, will be traveling to Nguiddine Keur Sara in the Fatick region of Senegal to begin the build and meet the community. The school will be used by first graders (35 students), second graders (35 students) and third graders (34 students). The current school, started in October 2019, is built from sticks and straw. It has two temporary classrooms used by three local communities.
Some wonderful pictures here.
Learn more about the initiative here, and consider supporting this important cause.