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News Archive 2003 - 2008

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2 February 2010 - Microscopy Workshops - The Pageant team will shortly leave for The Gambia, taking with them virtually all of the equipment for the workshops. (more details)

2 January 2010 - Microscopy Workshops - Two more suppliers Edulab and Northern Geological Supplies are supporting these workshops.  (more details)

Recent News

14 December 2009 - Chestnut Grove School in Balham, London has strengthened their connection with Banyaka Lower Basic School in The Gambia. They already have links between the pupils at both schools, and have helped Banyaka LBS in many ways. They have now decided to use Pageant to deliver the results of their regular fundraising for Banyaka LBS, and have given us £500 for the sponsorship of two pupils and a project at the school yet to be decided. (more details)

29 November 2009 - Vivace! Concert in aid of Pageant at Southwater Church on 22 November has raised  £191.53 for Pageant.  (see details)

28 November 2009 - Sheik Hatab Memorial Nursery School in Gunjur opened a year ago with the help of donated furniture supplied by Pageant. We are now financing renovations to the perimeter wall, and then we plan to provide funding for a new kitchen. (more details on their new webpage)

22 November 2009 - Microscopy Workshops - We are planning to run Microscopy Workshops for teachers in The Gambia so they can pass on  practical microscopy skills to their students. Pageant has been awarded £3,000 by the Royal Microscopical Society Vice President’s fund to help set up the first workshop in February 2010. (more details)

15 November 2009 - Pippa and Ian's latest Gambia trip - Pippa has posted details of their recent visit to The Gambia on the Pageant News Blog. We have collected the posts on this web page.

14 November 2009 - Gunjur Loan Scheme - We have started one of our loan schemes at Gunjur, with 6 local ladies recieving a micro-loan to start a small business. (see details)

25 October 2009 - Sarah Hayes has completed the Marine Corps 10k race in Washington DC, with a chip time of 49 mins 18 secs, equalling her personal best. See Sarah's page for more details and pictures of the race, and to make your sponsorship donation.

19 Oct 2009 - Virgin Money Giving - We have a new online donation facility at Virgin Money Giving. Check out our home page on their site. Virgin Money Giving offers free sign-up to fundraisers and then an easy way of creating your own fundraising page. They also charge Pageant much less for processing donations, and get the money to us quickly.

7 Oct 2009 - HopeFirst Foundation's work at Jurunku - This USA based charity is now helping the school and village, and has installed a solar power system at the school. (further details)

4 Oct 2009 - update on Sarah Hayes - Sarah's latest 10km races in preparation for the Marine Corps race were the BUPA Great Yorkshire Run in Sheffield, with a time of 53 mins 41 secs, and the Marple 'Trail' run with a time of 49 mins 59 secs, followed by the 5k Manchester Tree-Athlon in 23 mins 43 secs. See Sarah's page for more details.
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