Service Assignments

Thirteen Goshen College students are spread throughout the nation of Ivory Coast. They are working in clinics, social service and day care facilities, on farms and in mission and cultural centers. The students are predominantly in a north/south axis running through the center of the country.

Angela and Mike are living and working in the second largest city in the country, Bouake. Mike and Angela are pictured with with Angela's host family, M. et Mme. Sona at right.

Forty five kilometers north of Bouake is the small city of Katiola where Ross and Rehanna are living. Ross and Rehanna are pictured with with Rehanna's host family, M. et Mme. Couilbaly at left.

In the far north of Ivory Coast is the city of Korhogo. The cultural center of the Senufo people. Linda spends her days organizing a library at the Baptist Bible Institute. Linda is pictured at right in front of the Baptist Bible Institute sign.

Andrea travels around the countryside visiting local villages with a team of health care educators from the Baptist Clinic of Korhogo.Andrea pictured at left.

Fifty kilometers to the east of Korhogo is another urban center, Ferkessedougou. Ferke is home to one of the best hospitals in the country. Lindsay has been serving as a nurse aide in this setting. Lindsay is pictured in front of the Baptist Hospital sign at right.

Two students are working on farms in south central Ivory Coast. Peter spends his days collecting eggs on a very large chicken farm (pictured at left).

Josiah assists a dairy farmer in a small village (pictured at right).

Kendra is working with orphans in the city of Dabou. She is relaxing with her colleagues (pictured at left).

Stacie (pictured at right) and Jamie work with children in social service centers in the small cities of Grand Bassam and Soubre.

Brooke also lives in the city of Soubre and works in a local hospital. In the photo (at left) Brooke is standing with the family, Tiecourah and Jamie is standing next to her host David Zadi.