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The container which Pageant packed at the end
of July (see
details) has arrived in The Gambia
and has been unpacked for the goods to be distributed. The following
emails to Pippa describe the unloading:
email from Yankuba
First of all I will start by registering my sincere thanks to you
for all your support to the entire Gambian peoples for your tireless
support to us as always.
I will like to tell you how things went for us during the unloading
of the container yesterday at Campama LBS. It was in the afternoon
when the container arrived, after waiting it for so long before they
finish all the paper works at the port which was not an easy task at
all especially in the time of Ramadan. As you know, people working
at the port are not easy to deal with in processing the documents of
the containers, because it always takes you a decade before you will
finish with them, and because of these conditions the container came
much later than we thought.
However, I was very eager to do the unloading as the chief un-loader
of the day and it was not an easy task too, to unloaded a container
which was so well packed with quality furniture. So I took my time
to do the unloading, one thing at a time at the starting of the
container until I have some space for some one to join me to give me
a helping hand. And then, with the help of others, things went so
smoothly for us, and everything was done so perfectly and so quickly
and we finished it well before the breaking of our fast.
Finally, I will also seize this opportunity to register my happiness
and gratitude to all the members of PAGEANT for their support to the
Gambians, and my special greetings to you and all the members of
your family and a very special one to your mum.
email from Linda
Arrived, unloaded, not necessarily with the specified people, as it
was such short notice after all, but it is done. I took off a little
early from work, to supervise, but difficult to do, as it was
starting to rain and getting towards time to break fast. One or two
things are with me that should be elsewhere, as they were
unlabelled, or the labels had fallen off. I have a few library
shelves. Very little left from 15,000 dalasis, without paying the
un-loaders. (Note: 15,000 dalasis is about £360 at the current rate of
exchange).
email from Ebrima (GOWLA)
We cleared the container yesterday, it did not take us so much
trouble this time. All the beneficiary schools got their share of
the furniture. We got the charges to be less compared to the
quotation you received earlier (from the Port Office). The fees for
the handling, shipping agency and the scanning and the examination
remain the same. But all the others charges were reduced through
negotiations. We have spent less than D15,000(GMD).
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