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American Students Build Schools in Senegal

Annika Hammerschlag

   GUEDJ MARTIN, SENEGAL - The roar of power drills fills the air in the
   village of Guedj Martin, a typically quiet community of 2,000 people
   located some 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the Senegalese capital of
   Dakar. It's an unusual sound to behold in a village with no
   electricity, but the noise is a welcome disruption.

   A group of 13 students and five chaperones from Lich-Wilmerding High
   School in San Francisco has spent the last two weeks building a primary
   school that will serve Guedj Martin and its neighboring villages.
   They're covered in dirt, dust and sweat, and blue and yellow paint is
   splattered on their clothes and shoes.

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