Support A Child’s Education
Ceesay Nursery and Primary School is an education charity run entirely by unpaid volunteers in Europe with support from small team of paid staff in the Gambia, West Africa.
We change lives by providing opportunities for academically gifted and talented children and young people, living in extreme poverty, to access education.
About Us
Our Beliefs
- Ceesay Nursery and Primary School Charity believes that access to education is a human right.
Article 26, paragraph 1, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states:
“Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages….Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.”
- Our aim is to ensure that Gambian children from poor, orphaned or disadvantaged backgrounds, have access to this basic right, which we all have enjoyed. Simply speaking, our goal is ‘to level the playing field’ in whatever way it is in our power to so do.
- Access to education bestows the precious gift of CHOICE, so taken for granted in our Western societies.
This is especially true in the case of girls in the Gambia. 70-80% of the children we find sponsors for are girls.
How You Can Help
Sponsor a Child’s Education
The generosity of individual sponsors means that many children have been able to access primary and secondary education that their families otherwise would not have been able to afford.
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Support Women’s Enterprise Projects
You can support and empower Gambian women to be more self-sufficient and earn the money to send their own children to school by sponsoring enterprise training and supporting local women’s enterprise projects.
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Volunteer with Us!
You can get involved today by volunteering your professional skills and talents. Sign up and you will be joining a group of change-makers, a network strong enough to impact positive change in the lives of children.
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News
Recent Developments
Upcoming Event – our 15th Birthday Celebration!
That’s right – unbelievably, this year 2022, we have been working in the Gambia for 15 years! And none of our successes could have been possible without YOU! Your faithful support and generosity and trust has been phenomenal. Now we want to say ‘thank you’. NB. This is NOT a fundraiser 😊 What: A delicious,…
Success Story!
On Sunday, September 18th, we led on our annual 10-mile sponsored walk along Regent’s Canal in London, from St Pancras Old Church in Kings Cross to finish up by the River Thames in Limehouse. We did it! A real team effort and success and a beautiful autumn day walking to raise funds for FREE breakfasts…
Art Exhibition Fundraiser at Thenga Cafe in North London
On Sunday 7th October at Thenga Cafe in north London, from 2pm to 6pm, we are hosting an art exhibition fundraiser to raise money for our ongoing work with charity MyFarm educating local women in Mandinari, the Gambia to start their own enterprise or business. One of our volunteer fundraisers Lina Kochanske has organised the…
Training Ceesay Nursery School’s Staff and Parents in Basic First Aid
As well as beginning to work with Gambian charity MyFarm, we are also pleased to have started a partnership with First Aid 4 Gambia. First Aid 4 Gambia are a UK charity that aims to provide Gambians with basic first aid and healthcare knowledge in order to ease the burden on the country’s few hospitals…
Become a Volunteer
With the aim of helping as many people as possible, we always lack enthusiastic volunteers. Please contact us for more info.
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