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Teacher credited with founding Senegal partnership praised for raising more than $600,000
Summary
Speakers honored Omari Sek for founding a student international program that raised over $600,000 to build a learning center in Senegal and organized more than a dozen exchange trips involving roughly 300 participants.
Speakers at the Mamaroneck Union Free School District recognition evening highlighted a long-running international program founded by Omari Sek. A presenter (speaker 18) described the initiative's scope: "the organization has raised more than $600,000 to build an educational learning center in Senegal." The presenter said the center includes a library, computer room, preschool and women's center and credited Sek with organizing exchange trips that engaged about 300 students, faculty and community members.
The tribute emphasized both the fundraising totals and the program's sustained educational outcomes: the center's programming was described as providing STEM education, job training and community services. Colleagues framed the work as an extension of classroom teaching into global citizenship, noting that the program has been active since 2009 and has created direct ties between Mamaroneck students and communities in Senegal.
