Here, Alan Hutchinson, from Winchester University, tells us about his visit to The Gambia with Tony Rea, an independent education consultant. Their flights were provided by The Gambia Experience as part of our 25 year celebration give-away. We visited The Gambia between January 18th and February 12th. The main aim of the visit was to [...]
Sponsoring a child in The Gambia
When I first started working for Serenity Holidays (which includes The Gambia Experience) back in 2005, I was very excited that I would get the chance to visit West Africa. I knew little about the area but was eager to learn. The Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa and one of the most [...]
Project Gambia
Back in December 2010, Gambia Experience clients, Eleanor and her husband visited a local nursery school in Brufut and being shocked by the primitive conditions they decided to help. Eleanor explained “I realised that the couple of bags of coloured pens and pencils I had brought with me would not go far amongst 120 children, especially as they [...]
Help blind children in The Gambia receive an education
The Gambia Experience and their School Development Fund supports the international charity Sightsavers vision. “Our vision is of a world where no-one is blind from avoidable causes, and where visually impaired people participate equally in society.” Sightsavers supports the principle of inclusive education which is now accepted as the preferred approach to education. It is [...]
Fighting Poverty with Music
As well as being a graphic designer for The Gambia Experience I help run the community group Nyodema based in Bognor Regis. This year’s annual festival will be another fantastic day of live music, workshops and much, much more. Headliners Planetman and The Internationalz make a welcome return having played at our first ever festival [...]
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