A French Volunteering Day in Gorée co-organised by GOCEAN, France Volontaires Sénégal and the Commune of Gorée.
A day built together
On 30 September 2026, GOCEAN co-organised a French Volunteering Day activity in Gorée with France Volontaires Sénégal (FVS) and the Commune. The initiative connected volunteers’ commitment, residents’ action and the Young Sentinels’ learning around a shared purpose: caring for the island and passing that commitment on.
Clean, reuse and grow
The activity, A cleaner, greener Gorée – the volunteers’ legacy, combined public-space clean-ups, preparation of reused containers and seed-sowing workshops. Bottles reused as pots made a tangible connection between waste reduction and learning about the living world. Organisation was developed with local municipal actors to reflect Gorée’s realities.
A legacy for the Sentinels
The symbolic handover of seedlings to the Young Sentinels gives the day an educational continuation. GOCEAN links plant monitoring to its work with children: observing, caring, documenting and sharing. This connection between volunteering, community and youth is central to the Centre’s approach.
On the ground
The story in pictures.
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