About us

Since 2021, we have been staying regularly in the Saly region. During our first trips, we visited schools, nurseries and bush villages and became aware of the many needs! We devoted a small part of our “vacation” budget to purchasing food and school materials from a local wholesaler.

 

As our stays continued, we obtained more and more resources thanks to donations from our families, our friends and our relations. This is how we were able to intensify the volume and diversity of our assistance to residents. Donations and our activity are growing every year. In October 2023, the association “a smile for Senegal ASBL” was born.

Jacqueline Volckaerts & Sam Friederici

Founders - Administrators (BE & LU)

Olivier Gaul

Administrator (BE)

Schommer Pierrette

Founder - Administrator (LU)

Accomodation and logistics (SN)

Valente Rui

Founder - Administrator (LU)

Bocar Keita

Ambassador - local guide

Jules Fall

Site coordination

Friederici-Berend Claude et Monik

Honorary members

They came with us to Senegal

Gitta

Livianne

Myriam