'My eyes have opened to see more of the world'

Tuesday November 26
Blog entry by: Deion Granger (Y Achievers Program, West Charlotte HS)

The YMCA Global Service Learning program is relevant to not only the YMCAs in America but it also holds an important porpose in the 100+ YMCAs located all throughout the world. The purpose of the global service learning program is to send young Y members to other countries to learn about the culture and learn about any problems that the countries are currently facing and to learn about their success to bring back knowledge to the united states to implement the knowledge learned to improve our communities and schools. 

Team hearing from National General Secretary Jean Bassene about the Senegal Y priorities and the Charlotte partnership.

This is the basic definition of the trip in which I believed, in until arriving in Senegal, but now just after two days my whole outlook on life changed I became more outspoken and have greatly improved on getting my feelings across even with a huge language barrier gap. My eyes have opened to see more of the world and able to understand the significance of events happening in other countries. To simply put what the first two days of this trip has showed me is that not only is everyone is a family in the YMCAs in America but we are all family in all of the YMCAs in the world -this is what global service learning is; a connection with all family around the world.

Conversation with Nico Gourdet (Y USA) talking about USA role in a global world.

-Deion Granger

West Charlottte HS Senior, Y Achievers Program