Lush and the Fresh Start Foundation
The clapping game
There’s an interesting and inspiring post over on the Lush website. Lush (the purveyors of fine lotions and unguents) recently sent 14 volunteers over to Kwinella in The Gambia, to assist with a school building project (amongst other things) – one of many projects started by the fantastic Fresh Start Foundation. Follow the link above to read all about it on the Lush site, and also see some of their fab images, two of which we’re lucky enough to reproduce here.
Gambian ladies at the pumping station
On arrival we were given a list of tasks, which grew longer as the days passed! The first and most pressing job was the painting of the school buildings, which needed painting inside and out. The two buildings had recently been rebuilt following a storm in July that had knocked them to the ground. Steve, Roisin and Laura were assigned to this task and they not only painted the two rebuilt classrooms, but also painted all the other buildings which hadn’t seen a paint brush since they were built in 1965. The school was completely transformed. The headmaster was thrilled, “I have a new school!” He was especially pleased since we also painted his house, which is in the school grounds.
