My ethical dilemmas in Senegal mostly concerned reconciling how I live my life and how others in St. Louis, Senegal were living theirs. I needed to reflect on their poverty and my wealth, the cultural beliefs which they held and I didn't, and looking past the anger which I was feeling to continue my work and continue to help the talibé children.

As I have previously mentioned, one of the greatest struggles I faced was reconciling my own feeling of helplessness with what I could actually accomplish in Senegal. At times I questioned whether or not what I was doing actually made a difference, if marabouts continued to beat and mistreat the children, creating new injuries daily. What I was doing seemed to only be putting a Band-Aid on the problem, and not actually solving the root of the issue. This feeling of helplessness is something I struggled with continually during my field experience.