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Blog Postings from the Gambia - Oct-Nov 2008
Pippa and Ian Howard were in The Gambia for their usual autumn visit. Members of the Pageant Blog Team kept us up to date with their news by postings on the Pageant News Blog. This page contains a selection of photos from these posts, with links to their original posts.
Meal at Linda's
Linda Murgatroyd invited Pippa, Ian, Wandifa Saidykhan and some older students to a meal at her house.
Gunjur Visit
Pippa, Ian and other Pageant members visited Sheik Hatab Memorial Islamic Nursery School.
They then visited the Coastal Marine Biodiversity Project at Gunjur Beach with GEPADG Director Badara Bajo, and went on to visit Sainey and Alhassan's family at Gunjur.
See blog posts:
28 Oct by Sainey Darboe
29 Oct by Alhassan Darboe
22 November by Sainey Darboe
Sheik Hatab Islamic Nursery School
Coastal Marine Biodiversity Project
Sainey and Alhassan's family
Container arrives late
The container ship took longer to arrive, and there were then paperwork delays. (see news about packing the container) Ian and Pippa have now gone to Bakalarr to deliver items from the container to schools on the North Bank. See blog post 29 Oct by Frances Boswell
Joan Dobie Painting for Alhassan & Sainey
Pippa's mother, artist Joan Dobie, has done a painting of the River Wey at Tilford in Surrey, specially for Sainey and Alhassan. See blog post 31 Oct by Alhassan Darboe