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 [...]
Fatou, fetch the water
A children’s picture book inspired by a village in The Gambia, was recently nominated for the 2011 Dundee Picture Book Award. Fatou, fetch the water, written by Neil Griffiths.
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.
Making a difference
Gambia Experience Staff raising money to help school Kevin, IT Manager at The Gambia Experience, and his wife Rachel, recently returned from a holiday in The Gambia. While there they visited a couple of schools and although they were shocked by lack of resources they were greatly impressed by the teachers and pupils, in particular [...]
Erin Poirier: Two feet, one heartbeat = Change
In June, Erin Poirier will be running across The Gambia, a distance of some 400km in 17 days, and in heat approaching 40 degrees. She is doing this for the Nova Scotia Gambia Association or NSGA, a charity based in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada. It’s a charity that seeks to educate children into the dangers of HIV and to teach them how to disseminate this message amongst their friends and families
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