Archive | June, 2011

Underground Kora

From CNN, a story about a Gambian kora player entertaining commuters and travellers on the New York underground.

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Birthday donations!

In November 2010 Christine Nield, a retired head teacher from Basingstoke, and her husband visited The Gambia for the first time. Since returning they had been looking for a way to help our School Development fund.   In April this year Christine celebrated her 60th birthday and in lieu of gifts she generously asked for [...]

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A visit to Manduar Lower Basic

This was my 5th visit to the Gambia in as many years so I was aware of the poverty and basic education system that I was going to encounter, but this was the first time I was taking my son, William, who was 9.

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