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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#TBT Meeting Erykah Badu and the Lost Rental Car.

#TBT Meeting Erykah Badu and the Lost Rental Car.

I know the title of this blog sounds like a festival lineup!

#TBT… back to 2008 🙃

Welcome to Travel + Explore & Play with Sallee Jay where I am your host. I am so very excited to share more trips with you all very soon, as my schedule is beginning to fill up with events. And thank you for your patience, while I took some time off from blogging 👩🏽‍💻 to accomplish some personal and professional goals.

TODAY is a throwback blog in which I detail one of my funniest travel experiences to date. It involves a trip to Dallas, Erykah Badu and lost rental vehicle… I stumbled upon this email that I sent to family and friends after the trip and was instantly taken back to that crazy weekend.

Link in bio. ✨

#ErykahBadu #TravelBlogger #TravelDiaries #ThrowbackThursday #ConcertSeries #travelgram

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The BIG 4-0!! Moab/Navajo Nation/Sedona Style

The BIG 4-0!! Moab/Navajo Nation/Sedona Style

Welcome to travel + explore & play with Sallee Jay, where I am your host. 👋🏾💓‼️

Lean in yall, I have a secret 🤫, I am whole 40 year old!!! 🥴😩👑😭🙌🏾❣️✨🤫🗣🌎🧘‍♂️💕💪🏽👏🏽

And for my birthday I went to travel + explore & play out in the middle of the desert 🌵.

I’ve always heard people describe their adventures to local travel destinations like Moab, the Grand Canyon and Sedona. With that in mind, I set out on a road trip with my besties to ultimately celebrate in Sedona, with a few stops in between.

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Dear 2022…

Dear 2022…

While most of my readership is based in the United States, it was interesting to learn through analytics that folks in Canada, China, France and the UK are equally interested in my content rounding out the top five countries with the highest readership. A huge THANK YOU to all 1.2k of you that stopped by, representing 32 countries all around the world! As I continue to build my tribe, please feel free to connect with me via email, social media or through the blog, I want to hear from more of you.

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