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2022 Update: Africa Development Promise - Rising Up Rural East African Women

2022 Update: Africa Development Promise - Rising Up Rural East African Women

Welcome to travel + explore & play with Sallee Jay, where I am your host. 👋🏾💓‼️ I’m fresh off my second trip to Africa with Africa Development Promise, a non-profit organization whose mission is improve the lives and livelihoods of rural women in East Africa, through training and resources that support their collective efforts to operate competitively in the marketplace. However, while the primary focus is women, ADP is helping East African families with training and resources. The impact and reach are undeniable.

Last year when we travelled, the country was on lockdown due to Covid restrictions and while we were able to experience movement, the Africa and programming that I experienced this year was much different. Follow along as share this year’s ADP travel experience, provide updates regarding the cooperatives and programs and introduce you to some of the remarkable staff!

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4 hours in Istanbul, Turkey 🇹🇷

4 hours in Istanbul, Turkey 🇹🇷

Welcome to travel + explore & play with Sallee Jay, where I am your host. 👋🏾💓‼️ It’s been a while since I’ve traveled international, so I had to make sure this trip hit a few destinations because WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER!

On a more serious note, this trip was more than I could have ever imagined. I’m extremely grateful for the experience and as more of the story unfolds, I hope that your heart is equally delighted in the experience too! Follow along as I share trip details including — family first’s, healing, restoration and great adventures!

The story begins in America as I prepared to leave for the airport…

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Quick Seattle Trip

Quick Seattle Trip

Welcome to Travel + Explore & Play with Sallee Jay, where I am your host 👋

I’m fresh off a family trip to Seattle for a wedding. Wow is all that I can say‼️‼️‼️ The wedding was phenomenal!!! During my downtime I was able to explore a little bit of the city and wanted to talk about some of the things that I saw during my brief visit to Seattle.

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