Responsible for a solidarity tourism association, Lavallois Joël Rezé has been stranded since the end of January in Senegal.
Posted on Apr 30, 20 at 10:46 am
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Responsible for a association of solidarity tourism, Joël Rezé left Laval end of January to go to Morocco then to Senegal. Containment blocks it in Africa.
Le Lavallois Joël Rezé founded the association twenty years ago Alter-exchanges, of which he is now the coordinator. This association organizes solidarity trips to West Africa, Asia, Europe.
80 km south of Dakar
At the end of January, Joël left Laval to go to the international forum for solidarity tourism in Ouarzazate in Morocco. “As I was on the African continent, I planned to go on our stride to our site Warang Gardens, in the small town of M’bour, 80 km south of Dakar, which has about 3,500 inhabitants. “
The crisis in France
“This site which welcomes fans of solidarity tourism includes a horticultural garden of 600 m2, a nursery, a craft and art store and a shelter camp. Three employees work there and we had to prepare for the upcoming arrival of a group of Parisians, says the Lavallois. When I wanted to go back, it was the crisis in France. “
Air tickets on the black market
“There were very few planes. Tickets are very expensive on the black market, and we have very little information from diplomatic services, except that it would take around sixty planes to evacuate the 13,000 Europeans stranded in Africa. ‘Where is”.
The situation is much less dramatic than in France
It’s starting to get tense, because containment is a must here too. The reassuring aspect is that the health situation linked to the virus is much less dramatic in Senegal than in France, with 600 cases of covid for eight deaths. “
Work in sight
Finally, Joël may not be going back right away: “The local institutions have just asked us to welcome young Senegalese who are going on a break at the Jardins de Warang site. At least it will do us some work. “
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