The Woodstock Union High School students are in Senegal Africa working in two orphanages, to teach and exchange ideas in a rural school, plant native fruit trees at the schools, participate in wildlife conservation projects, and visit the island of Goree where, from the 15th-19th centuries, the largest slave-trading center on the African coast was found.
The trip is scheduled from Feb. 18 to March 1.
The WUHS Students planted trees at the Fatick School as well as a local elementary school nearby. Over 100 trees will have been planted by the end of the week. The school community prepared a huge celebration which included a special dance by the students, a presentation of some pictures and speeches by the principal and the teachers.
