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Basic Spanish Communication Workshop for Welcoming Visitors in Thionk Essyl

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Basic Spanish Communication Workshop for Welcoming Visitors in Thionk Essyl

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Volunteers Silvia Padrón Revillaand Pinja Ratilainenled a Basic Spanish Communication Workshop for people who regularly interact with visitors to Thionk Essyl, including international volunteers and tourists.

Over the course of four days, participants worked on practical communication skills for tourism-related situations, focusing on vocabulary and expressions commonly used in accommodation, restaurants, and transportation. 

The workshop brought together a highly motivated and fairly homogeneous group of participants who were eager to learn or improve their Spanish in order to communicate more effectively with visitors to the community.

The workshop followed a participatory approach. Dialogues and practical expressions were studied in Spanish and French before being translated into Diola to support understanding and learning. Participants also recorded the dialogues as audio files, which were shared through a WhatsApp group created specifically for the workshop, allowing them to continue practicing outside the classroom.In addition to the practical communication activities, participants worked on basic grammar topics, including numbers and adverbs of time and place.

As part of the initiative, Spanish language teaching materials were donated to support continued learning: two books were given to the teacher at the Thionk Essyl Social Centre and four books were donated to the volunteer camps. During their stay, the volunteers also held a meeting with Galibour, a local traders’ association made up mainly of women and young people working to strengthen local commerce in Thionk Essyl. 

The session included an introduction to basic project management concepts to support the association’s current initiative to import fabrics from Ziguinchor and sell them during peak commercial periods such as Ramadan and Christmas.

This workshop helped strengthen the community’s communication skills, improving its capacity to welcome international visitors while also supporting local initiatives for economic development.

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Campus Basket 2026 organized by QBasket

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Campus Basket 2026 organized by QBasket

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Qbasket strengthened its commitment to solidarity with Thionck Essyl (Senegal) this June through a new edition of its basketball camp, held from 20 to 27 June. Seven club volunteers worked alongside the coaches of Thionck Basket Club (TBC) to provide basketball training to nearly 50 children and young people, promoting values such as respect, commitment and teamwork.During the visit, basketballs, team kits and sports shoes were donated, basketball hoops were repaired, and support was provided to local schools to encourage the practice of basketball throughout the year.The project, carried out in collaboration with the Foundawtion Foundation, further strengthens the partnership between the two organisations and reaffirms Qbasket’s commitment to promotingthe growth of basketball as a tool for education and social cohesion, with plans already underwayfor a fifth edition in 2

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Drawing and animation workshop for children

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Drawing and animation workshop for children

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From March 30 to April 3, 2026, María Pulido Aguza and Silvia Padrón Revilla led a drawing and animation workshop aimed at introducing children aged 9 to 11 to the world of audiovisual animation in a creative, practical, and accessible way, using simple and easily reproducible resources. A group of primary school students from the Thionck Essyl school participated.

The training team was composed of:     

 Maria Pulido, animation art director and main person responsible for the technical and artistic content of the workshop.

  Silvia Padrón Revilla, support for coordination, pedagogical support and dynamization of activities.

  Mr. Abdou, teacher at the center, in charge of support in group management, daily support and linguistic and cultural mediation.

The workshop allowed not only to teach an artistic technique, but also to open a space for expression, play and creativity for children, reinforcing their ability to imagine, tell stories and work in a team.

Animation was a very powerful pedagogical tool, especially for its ability to combine art, narrative, technology and active participation.

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Activity Report 2024

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We are closing the financial year 2024 and, once again, we have added another year to Foundawtion’s journey. That makes nine years already! Here you can download our Activity Report 2024

Download our activity report 2024

It seems like yesterday when a group of friends embarked on this beautiful adventure, which would never have been possible without the magnificent community that we have formed. From the small contributions of those who trust in our work to the most prominent donors, including our great friend Teknia, whose support represents more than 70% of the resources that make this work possible.

In 2022 we had the great honour of receiving the Aga Khan Award in recognition of our CEM Kamanar project in Thionck Essyl, a recognition that filled us with pride and gratitude. Last October, the celebration was organised in Thionck Essyl to honour the local efforts that made it possible.
It was impressive, and we had the opportunity to host a representation of the award committee members on that occasion, who visited the site and saw first-hand the impact of our work. This visit was a very special moment and reaffirmed our commitment to continue fighting for the education and wellbeing of children in the region.

Every year, more and more volunteers join us, forming a talented team of architects, quantity surveyors, economists and other professionals, enthusiastic people who work with daily effort and perseverance to make sustainable projects a reality.

sustainable projects. Their generosity and dedication are at the heart of it all. Special mention must be made of those who travel temporarily to Senegal and Namibia to monitor and manage the works; their work allows us to guarantee the quality and success of the projects.

We would like to emphasise that we allocate only human and material resources to the projects. We will continue to have a team dedicated to the administration and management of the Foundation, and we are very proud of this, as it allows us to maximise the impact of each of the resources invested.

This is who we are and how we are organised. We firmly believe that honesty, transparency and rigour are essential requirements to responsibly manage the resources that, for yet another year, you have entrusted to us. Thank you for this trust; we are truly proud to deserve it.

With the same strength with which we began this journey, but with many more lessons learned, we face our tenth anniversary. This year, we will complete the construction of the reception centre in Namibia, and sixty little smiles will give us the strength to continue working for education and for the neediest children.

A big hug.

David García, President

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Fun workshop: crafts, creativity and laughter.

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A workshop by Miriam Alonso & Cristina Gusano.

“During the week of April 14, we taught a craft workshop to 2 classes of the Tionk Essil school where each day was dedicated to an activity that we did with the first class and replicated with the second class, after recess.

The children became familiar with the different tools and accessories we used to compose our crafts. They really enjoyed learning the different techniques.

Dedicating a space to games and creativity is always a good bet, especially with pre-teen children whose main interests are having fun, interacting with their peers and gradually defining their personality through creations.”