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Pippa's Gambian Trip Diary 11 to 14 February 2006
Saturday 11 Feb William Eve's Gambian
children shopping & beach party day
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the Pageant beach party |
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We finished our day with dinner at 'Taste of India'
restaurant - a favourite with both Brits & Gambians. |
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Sunday 12 Feb Visit to Banjul for
Kemo's compound children - playground, shopping and lunch
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the roundabout - a lot of screaming |
Ian Talibo |
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pushing & riding - both
fun |
Malfie's first slide |
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Sonna & Malafie |
Aja (& Frances) and Fatou (& Helen)
with their purchases |
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Muhammed Lamin, Aminata
& Ebrima show us their purchases - we gave each child £5 to
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Monday 13 Feb Took Science
Kit to
Gambia SSS and saw microscope lab.
Read the story
of how the Science Kit was produced and donated by Joe Brock of
Collyer's.
Visited Saloum Nursery School and opened
new toilet block. Jackie and Vic gave books, posters etc. for classrooms.
This is all on an update to the Saloum page.
read about it and see the pictures
Visited Abuko LBS, presented folder from Ridgemede Junior School, took photos of 27 Abuko children who are
writing in reply.
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Abuko Deputy & Head with
folders and posters from
Ridgemede School |
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Some of the Abuko letter
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Returned to Gambia SSS, unpacked & explained
Science kit and arranged to give practical Physics lesson later in
trip.
Tuesday 14 Feb Got up at 5.15am, trip
across river to Bakalarr BCS. Long day at Bakalarr - welcome, singing,
dancing, breakfast, speeches, more dancing & singing, lunch,
presentation of gifts, inspection of projects, farewell speech. This
will be reported fully later on a separate page, but for now look at
the photos below. Called in at Essau SSS to see Science teacher re
Science kit, but she was not there. Saw sponsored boy and Ousman
Sowe.
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the dancing ladies
assembled at Bakalarr |
Helen & Frances join the
dancing |
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the head dancing lady |
the Bakalarr garden |
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Ian's speech |
the 'thank you' speech |
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Kemo enjoying the
library |
Bakalarr village elders
and teachers |
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a Scrabble set for Bakary Gitteh - we
played most evenings during his visit to us last summer |
Pippa with a sponsored child and her granny |
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sponsored boy from Essau |
Osman Sowe's version of the Pageant logo |
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